Trust Doctor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

The post is for 12 months located at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. We have a compliment of five DCT's in total (three DCT2 and two DCT1). All on call commitments are based at RUH.

Daily duties are subject to a rolling rota between all five DCTs and will encompass on call /ward management, supervised outpatient new and review clinics, treatment clinics (dentoalveolar surgery /biopsies), GA theatre lists.

Daily duties are subject to a rolling rota between all five DCTs and will encompass on call /ward management, supervised outpatient new and review clinics, treatment clinics (dentoalveolar surgery /biopsies), GA theatre lists.

On call responsibilities are based on a 1:5 rota

8am -5pm as part of daily duties weekdays

5pm to Midnight (Twilight) on call weekdays

Sat 8am to Sunday midnight on call at weekends

On call is supported by OMFS registrar and Consultant

Within a 5 week rotation, there will be a maximum of 5 days and 5 night’s on-call (non-consecutive)

There is no travelling commitment. Post holders are expected to be on site when on call

Protected time is provided to enable the post-holder to undertake Clinical Governance projects. Encouragement is given to presenting projects and assisting in publications. There is a monthly meeting encompassing audit and journal club and a teaching session covering topics relevant to OMFS and DCTs are made available to attend the mandatory regional teaching programme.

The department is combined with Orthodontics, and opportunities to shadow are possible. A monthly joint Maxillofacial surgery-orthodontics clinic are also available to shadow.

We have visiting specialists in Special care dentistry who hold clinics that are available to shadow

For posts appointed as LAS, completion and submission of suitable logbook will count towards DCT equivalence.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chris Lawrence Job title: CLinical Lead Email address: ***email_hidden***