Consultant Oral Surgeon

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Oral Surgeon to join their collaborative multidisciplinary team. This full-time post involves providing high-quality oral surgical care, managing clinical responsibilities, and contributing to departmental activities in a progressive environment. The role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development in a supportive rural setting.

Qualifications

• Entry on GDC Oral Surgery specialist register required.
• NHS Performer number is necessary.
• Full GDC registration with a licence to practice.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for care of oral surgery patients.
• Undertake managerial duties associated with patient care.
• Collaborate with primary care for oral surgery services.

Skills

Oral Surgery

Patient Care

Clinical Governance

Education

Entry on GDC Oral Surgery specialist register

NHS Performer number

Full GDC registration with a licence to practise

Job description

Wye Valley Trust are looking to appoint a Consultant Oral Surgeon. This is a full time post and the timetable covers both working at the Trust within Oral Surgery and the Dental Access Centre.

We seek a colleague to join our established Consultant Oral Surgeon who can demonstrate their ability to work as part of our efficient and cohesive multidisciplinary team and interact well with consultant colleagues, local GPs and dentists. There is no on-call commitment attached to this job.

The department is based within the Surgical Division, which comprises the Departments of: ENT, Orthopaedics, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics and Ophthalmology. The Trust has a team providing orthodontics, oralsurgery, restorative and special care dentistry as part of dental and surgical MDT care. Clinical support staff including nursing and administration staff numbers are in place to support this post.

If you have any enquiries or would like to plan a visit to the department, please contact Liz Williams -General Manager, Head, Neck & Orthopaedics on [e-mail].

Interview date - 14th August 2025

Main duties of the job

The postholder will build and utilise governance links beyond the organization, for example Worcester Acute Maxillo-Facial Dept and OralSurgery at Birmingham Dental Hospital to ensure high quality care is provided to patients and will collaborate with and support the provision of oral surgery in primary care.

The appointee will join the Dental Specialties Team as a Consultant Oral Surgeon, and will be responsible for the care of the oral surgery patients. The successful candidate will be required to undertake managerial dutiesassociated with the care of their patients and the running of the department and will be expected to participate in all facets of departmental activity.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed description, please review the attached job description and person specification or contact the department as listed below.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Entry on GDC Oral Surgery specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights
• NHS Performer number
• Full GDC registration with a licence to practise.

Desirable

• FDS (Oral Surgery) or equivalent
• Membership in Oral Surgery (MOralSurg) or equivalent
• Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons (MFDS) or equivalent

Clinical Experiance

Essential

• Broad range of experience General and Paediatric Oral Surgery including chronic facial pain
• Training and experience in use of Sedation as part of oral surgery clinical practice.

Desirable

• Experience in diagnostic and practical restorative dentistry
• Demonstrable Sub Specialty interest e.g. management of medically compromised patient, special care, chronic facial pain

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable skills and experience of Oral Surgery at level suitable of consultant level post CCST
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Clinical Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and use of evidence based practice

Desirable

• Demonstrable subspecialty interest in the management of special care patient, medically compromised both in-patient and outpatient settings

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