The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department has three vacancies Trust Dental Core Trainee to start in September 2022 for 12 months. The successful applicant will gain experience in head and neck oncology, maxillofacial trauma, significant exposure to cutaneous malignancy and reconstruction plus salivary gland surgery, sialoendoscopy, and orthognathic and implant surgery. Minor oral surgery is carried out by junior doctors under supervision.

Main duties of the job

The post is based at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust for on call with clinical duties in Rotherham General Hospital and Mexborough Montagu Hospital. There is middle grade support for the Junior Doctors and a strong commitment to teaching from senior staff. The on call commitment is a 1:8 full shift rota.

The OMFS department has a weekly teaching programme, in addition to bimonthly audit / clinical effectiveness meetings. Rotherham Hospital has an excellent postgraduate medical education and clinical skills department.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community provider delivering a range of health care services to people in Rotherham and across South Yorkshire.

We are ambitious about our future and the part we will play in meeting the health and social care needs of the local community and the wider region. Our innovative and forward thinking approach means we are at the forefront of care delivery for people at home, in the community and in hospital.

At the heart of the Trust are more than 4,500 members of staff who are working out of the main Rotherham Hospital site and a number of community locations. A range of specialist services are delivered across the South Yorkshire region and nationally.

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. The Trust seeks to establish a workforce as diverse as the population it serves. We will consider applications to work flexibly. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Medical Recruitment Team to discuss.

Informal enquiries and visits are welcomed and encouraged once shortlisting has taken place. Please contact Mr A Patterson, Consultant / Clinical Lead in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel: (01709) 424459 if you would like to discuss further.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department has three vacancies for a Trust Dental Core Trainee - equivalent to ST1-2 to commence in September 2022.

The provision of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery services for Rotherham, Doncaster and Worksop is delivered from the OMFS departments at Rotherham General Hospital and Mexborough Montagu Hospital, Doncaster. All acute operating and elective major operating takes place at Rotherham General Hospital. Day surgery services, outpatient Minor Oral Surgery operating, and outpatient clinics are delivered on both sites.

The Trust Dental Core trainee will spend the majority of their time at Rotherham General Hospital, but will also rotate to Mexborough Montagu Hospital, where they will attend outpatient clinics and day surgery theatres, according to a rolling timetable.

Clinical duties of the Trust Dental Surgeon (Core level):

• Attendance at Day Surgery and In-Patient theatre operating lists.

• Assistance in the operating theatre.

• Attendance at Minor Oral Surgery local anaesthetic operating sessions.

• Attendance at OMFS outpatient clinics (there is also scope for trainees to attend Orthodontic clinics according to their individual training needs or wishes).

• Assessment and initial management of patients referred to the OMFS department from A+E, GDPs, GPs, and other hospital departments.

• Clerking of patients for theatre.

• Management of OMFS in-patients on the wards.

The Maxillofacial Surgery Unit undertakes a wide range of treatments. Of particular value to the Trust Dental Surgeon (Core level) is that they will have ample opportunity in this post to gain exposure to dentoalveolar surgery under both local anaesthetic and general anaesthetic. The Trust Dental Surgeon (Core level) will be encouraged to carry out Minor Oral Surgery as appropriate to their level of experience, with senior advice and supervision available at all times.

The department treats a large volume of maxillofacial trauma. In addition to the routine management of trauma, the consultants in the department are experienced in the use of up-to-date techniques such as endoscopically assisted fixation of fractures of the mandibular condyle, and orbital reconstruction using custom-made orbital implants. Approximately 350 emergency cases are operated on in the department per year.

Special interests within the department are head and neck cancer surgery, salivary gland surgery (including the management of salivary gland calculi using sialoendoscopy), orthognathic surgery, the surgical management of skin cancers of the head and neck, and implant surgery.

Patients with head and neck mucosal malignancy are diagnosed in the departments at Rotherham and Mexborough, with all major Head and Neck cancer surgery operating carried out at the Head and Neck Cancer surgical centre at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. The Trust Dental Core Trainee has the opportunity included in their timetable to attend the Head and Neck operating sessions at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital along with Mr Patterson.

The posts require the occupant to provide on call services, and to be resident in the hospital during on call periods: a free on call room will be provided. Whilst on call the Trust Dental Core Trainee is based at Rotherham General Hospital. The on call shifts are determined by an 8-week rolling rota. There is on call middle grade support for the junior staff provided by the 5 STR's in the region.

The post has the required educational and Postgraduate Dean's approval. The Trust Dental Core Trainee will be assigned an Educational Supervisor on starting in the post, and must sign an educational contract and show commitment to further education.

The Trust Dental Core Trainee is expected to keep a comprehensive ePDP portfolio up to date, and to complete Supervised Learning Events throughout their training in this post. They will have access to the Deanery training and study days, which they will be required to attend, will have a portfolio with the RCP and will be supported by HEE YH with an 'equivalence to Completion of DCT' certificate assuming they fulfil all the criteria of competencies and time in post of 10 months or more

There is a strong commitment to teaching from the senior staff in the department, and a weekly teaching session is held within the department. There are bimonthly Audit / Clinical Effectiveness meetings, which are held in Rotherham. The Trust Dental Core Trainee will be encouraged to complete an audit project every 6 months and will receive assistance and guidance with this. Presentation of audit and research projects at regional and national meetings is encouraged. Rotherham Hospital has an excellent postgraduate medical education and clinical skills department.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• BDS or equivalent Dental qualification
• Full Registration with GDC
• Completion of Dental Foundation Training

Ability and Skills
Essential

• Good record keeping
• General dentistry and oral surgery skills
• Basic life support skills

Other Criteria
Essential

• Demonstrate innovation and problem solving abilities

Personal Skills
Essential

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to establish professional relationships with patients
• Punctuality
• Enthusiasm
• Ability to work in a team
• Motivation
• Honesty
• Reliability
• Commitment to learning

Desirable

• Organisational skills
• Initiative

Experience
Essential

• History taking and examinations skills
• Appropriate knowledge of basic science and ability to apply it to clinical care

Research and Audit
Essential

• Understand principles
• Enthusiasm for participation in research

Desirable

• Evidence of participation / interest
• Understand principles

BMJRef: BMJ-82056/165-C9165-22-06-103