Specialty Doctor Oral & Max Surgery

Applications are invited for a fixed term contract for Specialty Doctor to cover maternity leave until November 2026. We have 2 part time posts available.

• Assist in the routine care of patients, undertaking examination, diagnosis and treatment planning, both on the ward and in the out‑patient department.
• Participate in ward rounds and monitor the progress of in‑patients.
• Undertake effective hand over of patients to colleagues.
• Maintain appropriate patient records both written and electronic ensuring all written records are legible and dated.
• Assist or perform in‑patient operative procedures within scope of practice.
• Perform minor oral surgical procedures in the out‑patient setting, including procedures under IV sedation.
• Prescribe and administer treatment in line with departmental guidelines and competence.
• Examination and diagnosis of patients in outpatient clinics including cancer and new patients.
• Review patients on consultant clinics.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest.

Ensuring people feel cared for.

Showing respect to everyone.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs:
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

A suitably experienced post‑holder will be expected to provide an appropriate clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners. The post‑holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi‑disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi‑disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care.

It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.

The post‑holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care, attend cross‑county and cross‑site meetings, collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative.

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer‑reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities.
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.

Desirable

• Ability to use evidence‑based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Essential

• At least four years full‑time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in the relevant specialty training programme, or as an FTSTA. Or equivalent experience and competencies of this specialist training.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of…