Oral Surgeon

An opportunity has arisen to become an essential member of the Salaried Dental Service working as part of a team of clinicians within Cheshire and Merseyside as part of the Dental Network within Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. They will support the Clinical Director and Oral Surgery Lead in the delivery of minor oral surgery contracts in a salaried primary dental care setting for patients referred from local dental practitioners (including Community Dental Service colleagues) and other health care professionals as appropriate. The post holder will work alongside specialists in oral surgery and offer support to junior colleagues, and be able to work independently as a senior oral surgeon.

Our friendly clinic teams pride themselves on the specialist roles they perform and the highest quality service to our patients., To provide outpatient minor oral surgery for patients at clinic sites across Cheshire and Merseyside (Warrington, Halton & St Helens, Western Cheshire, Vale Royal and Sandbach) as required by service need.

Treatment types include :

Extractions of single and multi-rooted erupted teeth beyond the skill level of a general dentist.

Removal of buried roots and fractured or residual root fragments

Routine third molar surgery removal of simple impacted / ectopic / supernumerary teeth

Management of acute infection

This list is not exhaustive. Treatment may be carried out using local anaesthetic with or without intravenous sedation (usually as operator-sedationist).

To provide advice and assistance to other staff and referring practitioners as required.

To liaise with existing specialist senior dental officers over management of cases and service development, including the development and implementation of best practice within Clinical Networks.

To ensure referring practitioners receive adequate feedback following assessment and treatment of referred cases.

To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes as required.

To participate in clinical governance, peer review and audit as required.

To ensure all patient records are of a high standard and are kept in accordance with Organisational Policies and local arrangements.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.