Job summary
Dental Core Trainee / Clinical Fellow
Glan Clwyd Hospital
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Fellow to join our Oral & Maxillofacial Department. The maxillofacial surgery service for North Wales is now centralised on the Glan Clwyd Hospital site where all emergency and inpatient elective surgery is carried out. Daycase surgery and outpatient clinics are performed at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor and Llandudno General Hospital.
Applicants must have Full / temporary GDC / GMC registration
3 positions available - 2 x 12 month fixed term and 1 x 6 month fixed term until March 2023.
Main duties of the job
The major workload of the department is head and neck cancer with microvascular reconstruction, the management of skin cancer and both benign and malignant salivary gland disease. All other areas of maxillofacial surgery are also provided including orthognathic surgery, dentoalveolar surgery, implantology and temporomandibular joint replacement. In addition there is a comprehensive maxillofacial trauma service.
About us
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for a population of around 676,000 people across the six counties of North Wales (Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham) as well as some parts of mid Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire. It is responsible for the operation of three district general hospitals (Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd near Rhyl, and Wrexham Maelor Hospital) as well as 22 other acute and community hospitals, and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. It also coordinates the work of 121 GP practices and NHS services provided by North Wales dentists, opticians and pharmacies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find a full job description and person specification alongside the additional documents within the advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find a full job description and person specification alongside the additional documents within the advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must have BDS or equivalent dental qualification
eligibility
Essential
- Be registered with GDC by time of commencement
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
- Applicants must have evidence of successful completion of a UK Dental Core Training Year 1 (i.e. outcome 1) or equivalent at time of post commencement
- Applicants must have at least 24 months postgraduate clinical experience
- Applicants must be eligible for Dental Performer List in England or Dental list in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland for posts based wholly or partly in Primary Care
- Applicants must provide evidence of ability to arrange transport to meet the requirements of the post
clinical skills
Essential
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge
- Capable of conducting operative procedures
- Personal involvement in clinical governance
- Understand the principles and relevance of
Desirable
- Enthusiasm for participation in research
personal skills
Essential
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Capacity to adjust behaviour and language
- Capacity to think beyond the obvious
- Capacity and motivation to take in others
- Demonstrates an understanding of a patient
- Capacity to work effectively in partnership with others as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of leadership
- Demonstrates effective organisational skills, including ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
- Good use of IT systems and packages
- Capacity to know own limitations and be prepared
- Potential to cope with stressful situations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must have BDS or equivalent dental qualification
eligibility
Essential
- Be registered with GDC by time of commencement
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
- Applicants must have evidence of successful completion of a UK Dental Core Training Year 1 (i.e. outcome 1) or equivalent at time of post commencement
- Applicants must have at least 24 months postgraduate clinical experience
- Applicants must be eligible for Dental Performer List in England or Dental list in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland for posts based wholly or partly in Primary Care
- Applicants must provide evidence of ability to arrange transport to meet the requirements of the post
clinical skills
Essential
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge
- Capable of conducting operative procedures
- Personal involvement in clinical governance
- Understand the principles and relevance of
Desirable
- Enthusiasm for participation in research
personal skills
Essential
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Capacity to adjust behaviour and language
- Capacity to think beyond the obvious
- Capacity and motivation to take in others
- Demonstrates an understanding of a patient
- Capacity to work effectively in partnership with others as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of leadership
- Demonstrates effective organisational skills, including ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
- Good use of IT systems and packages
- Capacity to know own limitations and be prepared
- Potential to cope with stressful situations
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).
