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OMFS Dental Core Trainee | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 11 October 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £43,923 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 10 November 2024
Location: Headington, OX3 9DU
Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6582299/321-NOTS-MS-6582299-S8

Summary


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HEE team/Deanery name



Health Education Thames Valley

Health Education Wessex

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Type of training post

DCT1-2OMFS/Oral Surgery/Ortho/Rest Dent

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Rotational Post information

Rotations are every 3 or 4 months to allow exposure to most clinics.



Each DCT will have a day in theatre, a day on-call (being the main bleep holder from 08:00-14:00), a weekly minor oral surgery session and out-patient attendance on OMFS, Orthodontic, Restorative and Oral Medicine clinics. Some rotations allow attendance on MDT clinics eg dentoalveolar, Orthognathic.



One rotation allows involves a day at Horton Hospital, Banbury with a session in theatre (GA Dentoalveolar Day-case surgery) and OMFS out-patient clinic.

At the Churchill Hospital, trainees will also have the opportunity to experience care at the Blenheim Head & Neck Unit/Oxford Centre for Head & Neck Oncology. There is support from McMillan Dental Therapists.

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Training unit/location/s

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (main base).

Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

Horton Hospital, Banbury.

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Full address of training units where training will take place

The John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Headley Way

Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DU



The Churchill Hospital

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Old Road

Headington

Oxford

OX3 7LE



The Horton General Hospital

Oxford Road

Banbury

OX16 9AL




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Description of the training post

A comprehensive ‘level-appropriate’ training and experience of the hospital-based specialties of OMFS, Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry.

There is an emphasis on team-working and communication, to deliver the most-appropriate care to our patients. Training in evidence-based dentistry and clinical problem solving is provided.

There is also training and active participation in clinical and process audit and clinical governance to inform safe and effective practice. Trainees will attend monthly audit and clinical governance meetings.

The DCT will gain practical experience of patient care in a hospital setting, including in-patient treatment under general anaesthesia. The DCT will have exposure to dento-alveolar surgery under local anaesthetic (MOS clinics) and GA with a dedicated weekly dentoalveolar GA list at the Horton General Hospital. The DCT may be exposed to the management of acute dental trauma whilst on-call.

The DCT will also gain experience of Orthodontic assessment and management of malocclusion. There will be opportunity for hands-on orthodontic treatments and exposure to the multii-disciplinary Hypodontia Clinic.




Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

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Pattern of working, including any on-call commitment



Overview of the general working patterns:



Outpatient clinics 09:00 – 17:00

This includes: OMFS outpatient Consultant Clinics

Orthodontic outpatient Consultant Clinics and treatment sessions

Restorative Dentistry outpatient Consultant Clinics and treatment sessions

Oral Medicine outpatient Consultant Clinics



Multi-disciplinary team clinics including cleft, hypodontia, oral oncology, oral rehabilitation and dental implants.



Minor Oral surgery (MOS) outpatient treatment clinics under LA. No sedation.



OMFS Surgery under general anaesthesia 08:00 – 17:00

In-patient ward duties 08:00 – 17:00



Assisting in specialist surgery under general anaesthesia: ie. orthognathic surgery, cleft surgery, maxillofacial trauma, TMJ surgery, head and neck oncology.



On-Call: DCT level clinicians will be involved in the on-call rota, Primary bleep holder form 08:00 – 14:00 and support first on call 14:00-17:00. There is supervision by the on-call Specialist Registrars in OMFS and on-call Consultant in OMFS. The on-call is supported by the medically qualified Foundation trainees. The FT will be first on call from 14:00.



This advert closes on Friday 18 Oct 2024

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