Job summary
The Department
The department of Oral Surgery is based at the Primary Care Centre. The Department deals with over 4000 outpatient visits per year - new referrals and return visits. A total in excess of 1500 day case operations and minor operating cases are currently performed annually.
There is the scope of increasing these activities with the right candidates
Operating Theatres
GA and LA cases are undertaken at the Elmstead Day Care Unit, Colchester Hospital in purpose built day case suites.
Outpatients
The Outpatient Department is well equipped and is supported by two dedicated clinic rooms, a third is to be installed soon with a new intra oral x-ray machine and a dedicated major treatment room, an OPG machine and a cryotherapy console.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to participate actively in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of patients. The main role for the right candidate would be to run oral surgery consultation clinics, minor operation sessions under local anaesthetic independently, as well as assist the department consultant and other clinician with a variety of specialised oral surgery procedures in the general anaesthetic theatre sessions. We have a dedicated oral surgery department nurse, as well as outpatient nurses who assist in the oral surgery clinics and minor operations. Further opportunities will be available for the right candidate to progress into operating independently for theatre sessions.
About us
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will:
- Work with colleagues to provide a service with the highest standard of care
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guideline
- Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
- Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team
STUDY & TRAINING
The post-holder will:
- Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other healthcare professionals, within the departmen
- Support and teach colleagues on a day to day basis, for example, during handovers, ward rounds and outpatient clinic
- Participate in appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will:
- Work with colleagues to provide a service with the highest standard of care
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guideline
- Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
- Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team
STUDY & TRAINING
The post-holder will:
- Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other healthcare professionals, within the departmen
- Support and teach colleagues on a day to day basis, for example, during handovers, ward rounds and outpatient clinic
- Participate in appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council
- Completion of 12 years Medical work since obtaining primary Medical Qualification
- Sufficient experience at SpR level & ability to work on the on call rota
- Full MRCP (UK)
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council
- Completion of 12 years Medical work since obtaining primary Medical Qualification
- Sufficient experience at SpR level & ability to work on the on call rota
- Full MRCP (UK)
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
