Locum Orthodontist Consultant

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

a) To ensure the provision of a modern, comprehensive, referral based, consultant delivered orthodontic service to the population of Milton Keynes and surrounding areas served by the Trust with responsibilities for the diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of patients.

b) To be responsible for the activities within her or his sphere of special interest.

c) To take an active role in the local managed clinical network.

d) To observe the Trusts agreed guidelines and procedures, on clinical matters and to follow the local and national employment Human Resources Policies and Procedures.

e) To ensure adequate arrangements are in place for two-way communication between hospital staff involved in the care of the post holders patients when necessary.

f) To professionally supervise, train and manage junior medical/dental staff including Specialist Registrars, as appropriate. Where appropriate the post holder will be named in the contracts of doctors in training grades as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as the initial source of advice to such doctors on their careers.

g) To be responsible for carrying out teaching and accreditation duties as required. This will involve contributing and participating in postgraduate and continuing medical/dental education activities both locally and nationally.

h) To endeavour to participate in research and to discuss any service or research development plans with the Clinical Director for agreement, prior to their submission for approval by the Trust.

i) To contribute and to participate in the Head and Neck Directorates clinical audit and annual appraisal programmes.

j) To work with the Clinical Director and professional colleagues to ensure the efficient running and management of services.

To participate in the annual job planning and appraisal/objective setting process

The job plan on appointment will consist of a split of 6 DCC/1 SPA (1 Core SPA). The SPA component is made up of core activities (appraisal, revalidation, CME, routine departmental meetings etc.) and non-core activities. Non-core activities are discussed and agreed within the Trust (via an agreed tariff and, on occasion, through ad personal agreement). Non-core SPA may reflect activities such as educational supervision, research, leadership and quality improvement. Following appointment, non-core SPA may be used to participate in our consultant development programme, or in acquiring or consolidating specific skills and expertise. Non-core SPA is only available if specific activities and objectives are mutually agreed in job planning.

Day

Time

Location

Work

DCC/SPA

No. of PAs

Monday

08:30-12:30

13:00-17:00

Tuesday

08:30-12:30

MKUH

NP

DCC

1

13:00-17:00

MKUH

Treatment

DCC

1

17:30-20:30

MKUH

Treatment

DCC

1

Wednesday

08:30-12:30

MKUH

Admin

DCC

1

13:00-17:00

MKUH

SPA

DCC

1

Thursday

08:30-12.30

13:00-17:00

Friday

08:30-12.30

MKUH

Treatment

DCC

1

13:00-17:00

MKUH

Treatment

DCC

1

Through its inclusive and comprehensive job planning process, the trust commits to providing equitable working conditions to medical colleagues across specialties and their sub-specialties. Delivery of job plans, whilst owned by consultants and their Clinical Service Unit Leads, is overseen by the Divisional Director and subject to peer challenge at divisional level, thus enabling a further layer objectivity to our commitment in this regard.

Qualifications/Registration

Essential

• Full GDC registration
• BDS or equivalent
• MSc or higher degree
• M.Orth & FDS(Orth)RCS or equivalent
• CCST in Orthodontics or Certificate of Accreditation, or within six months of achieving ISFE at the time of interview
• Satisfactory completion of a 2 year period of approved training post CCST
• Applicants must remain on the Specialist Register of the GDC

Experience/Training

Essential

• Successful completion of an SAC-approved 2 year minimum training programme in a Fixed Term Training Appointment [FTTA] in Orthodontics, or within 6 months of completion of training, or equivalent which follows on from the pre-CCST training period of 3 years or equivalent
• Experience in managing complex orthodontic treatments
• Ability to offer expert orthodontic opinion on a range of problems within orthodontics
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Understanding of clinical risk management

Knowledge & Audit

Essential

• Knowledge and application of up to date evidence based practice
• Appropriate level of clinical knowledge and breadth of experience within and outside speciality
• Evidence of continuous professional development including evaluating own clinical performance
• Evidence of ongoing audit participation

Desirable

• Interest in research with appropriate publications

Communication Skills

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
• Proven ability to work constructively in a team environment

Desirable

• Ability to be able to appraise both juniors and other staff.

Management and Leadership Skills

Essential

• Ability to work within a multi professional and multi disciplinary frame
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities and treatments

Desirable

• Experience in audit management
• Interest in medical management

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to design and deliver talks/lectures/workshops effectively
• Experience in demonstrating clinical procedures/techniques to other healthcare professionals

Desirable

• Teaching qualifications

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• To balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole
• IT and computer skills

Desirable

• Ability and desire to take part in Clinical Directorate management

Transport

Essential

• Must be able, when on-call, to return to the hospital if required within thirty minutes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).