Consultant in Oral Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

The post holder must be dentally qualified and maintain GDC specialist registration in Oral surgery and are GDC registered.

To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Performance Management

The post holder will

Work with dental, nursing, clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

Maintain clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.

Meet quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.

Participate in financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.

Support improved operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management and utilisation of theatre and day case capacity

Staff Management

The post holder must

Ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior clinical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas.

Participate in the recruitment of junior staff as and when required.

Participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.

Be responsible for appraisal of all non-consultant grade oral surgery clincians

Governance

The post holder must

Review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and manage variances.

Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.

Work closely with the General Manager in relation to clinical and services developments including business planning.

Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.

Ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior clinical staff and updated on a regular basis.

Keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.

Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Strategy and Business Planning

The post holder must

Participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the service and Trust where appropriate.

Represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings.

Leadership and Team Working

The post holder must

Demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.

Work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team

Lead regular meetings within the specialties as required.

Resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.

Adhere to Trust/Departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence

Person Specification

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Must have current UK professional GDC registration

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post specialist training experience.
• Experience contributing to MDT and attending MDT meetings for H&N
• Extensive experience managing and diagnosing H&N cancer

Desirable

• Experience of leading guideline and protocol development for oral surgery patients

Qualifications

Essential

• Full UK GDC registration.
• Registered specialist in Oral Surgery

Desirable

• Higher academic degree relevant to Oral Surgery MSC, PhD etc

Special Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive experience of oral surgery treatment under local anaesthetic, sedation and general anaesthesia.
• Ability to independently perform dentoalveolar surgery under LA/IV/GA

Special Requirements

Essential

• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work cooperatively with others

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).

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)