Trust Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Bath, England, United Kingdom · Full Time
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Job description
Role Overview
This position is a 12-month appointment based at the Royal United Hospital in Bath as part of a team comprising five Dental Core Trainees (DCTs), including three DCT2 and two DCT1. The role involves on-site responsibilities including a variety of clinical duties with a structured rota.
Clinical Responsibilities
- Participate in an on-call and ward management rota shared among the five DCTs.
- Manage supervised outpatient clinics for new and review patients.
- Conduct treatment clinics involving dentoalveolar surgical procedures and biopsies.
- Assist with theatre lists under general anesthesia.
- Fulfill on-call responsibilities organized on a 1:5 rota system.
- Work hours on weekdays from 8am to 5pm with twilight on-call coverage from 5pm to midnight.
- Weekend on-call coverage extends from Saturday 8am through Sunday midnight.
- All on-call duties are supported by OMFS registrars and consultants and require presence on site.
- The role does not include any traveling obligations.
Professional Development and Additional Opportunities
- Protected time is allocated for Clinical Governance projects with encouragement towards presentations and publication collaboration.
- Access to monthly audit meetings, journal clubs, and relevant teaching sessions.
- Opportunities to attend mandatory regional teaching programs specific to OMFS and DCTs.
- Option to participate in joint Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics clinics and shadow specialist clinics including those in Special Care Dentistry.
- Candidate appointed as LAS can use approved logbook submissions towards DCT equivalence.
Organizational Context
The Trust is part of the BSW Hospitals Group, an integrated system that brings together multiple NHS Foundation Trusts to serve over one million people, with an emphasis on equal access, patient and staff experience, sustainability, and financial stewardship.
The culture promotes compassion, inclusivity, valuing diversity, and staff wellbeing with facilities including a swimming pool.
Living and working in Bath offers unique opportunities and includes exceptional staff benefits highlighted by investments such as the Dyson Cancer Centre.
Contact for Further Information
Interested candidates may contact Chris Lawrence, Clinical Lead, via email for more details or to arrange an informal visit.