SPECIALTY DENTIST IN ORAL SURGERY
GLASGOW DENTAL
HOSPITAL & SCHOOL
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 45944d
cLOSING DATE: 24TH fEBRUARY 2017
SUMMARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS POSITION
Post: specialty dentist in oral surgery
base: GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL & school
Applications are invited for the post of part-time Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery at GlasgowDentalHospital and School. The hospital has close links with both the GlasgowUniversityDentalSchool and the Regional Maxillofacial Unit.
This post is suitable for applicants with specialist registration or for those wishing to develop skills in this field. The successful candidate will gain wide experience in Oral Surgery. Applicants will be required to have full registration with the General Dental Council, have passed all parts of FDS or MFDS examinations by the time of taking up the post and should be a minimum of 4 years post graduation with a minimum of 2 years full time experience in Oral Surgery.
POST DESCRIPTION FOR
SPECIALTY DENTIST IN ORAL SURGERY
With responsibility for clinical governance, quality improvement and innovation
1 POST (Full time (10 sessions)
BASED AT
GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL & SCHOOL
January 2017
Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery
1 post (Full time)
1.Glasgow and the Surrounding Area
Glasgow, with a population of around 740,000, is Scotland’s largest city, and one of Europe’s liveliest with a varied and colourful social and cultural life that can cater for every taste.
Glasgow is a city of contrasts; the bustle of a major commercial and business centre, the greenery of parks and gardens, and a wealth of art galleries, museums, cinemas, theatres and restaurants. Newcomers quickly feel at home in this vibrant and friendly city. Of particular note is the University’s Hunterian Museum that is the oldest public museum in Scotland. The Hunterian Art Gallery has important art collections and contains a reconstruction of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s own house.
Glasgow has an extensive road and rail public transport system with one of the largest commuter rail networks outside London and its own underground railway, the ‘subway’, which serves the University and the centre of the city.
In 2014 Glasgow was host to the Commonwealth Games confirming its place as a centre of sporting excellence.
2.Oral Health
The Oral Health Directorate is hosted within the East Dunbartonshire Health Partnership (HSCP) for Primary Dental Services and within Regional Services for Secondary and Tertiary care. This facilitates the delivery of a single NHSGGC Board wide service.
The structure incorporates:
- Primary Care Dental Service
- Public Dental Service
- Secondary Care Dental Service
- Dental Public Health
- Oral Health Improvement
3. The Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School is situated in the centre of Glasgow. It is the main referral centre for specialist dental advice and treatment within the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area. It also fulfils a similar role for surrounding Health Boards and serves a population of up to 3,000,000 people.
The total number of chairs within the Hospital and School is approximately 160. In addittion there is an adjoining Postgraduate Centre and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a 10-minute walk away. There are strong links with the University of Glasgow and other hospitals in the region and there is an excellent library with on-line literature search facilities.
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School comprises the following clinical departments:
Restorative Dentistry
-fixed and removable prosthodontics
-endodontics
-periodontology
Oral Surgery
Oral Medicine
Paediatric Dentistry
Orthodontics
Dental Radiology
All departments hold regular Clinical Governance and Audit meetings. The Dental Staff Association meets regularly.
The University of Glasgow Dental School delivers a modern, integrated Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme over five years to an undergraduate population of approximately 400 students. The school is top in both the Times and Complete University Guides for Dentistry for 2017. It achieved 100% overall student satisfaction in four consecutive National Student Surveys between 2011-2014. Oral Surgery is taught within the Clinical Dentistry Section. Undergraduate students are present on all Oral Surgery clinics and the post holder will play an active role in clinical teaching. An honorary university contract can be applied for.
Taught postgraduate programmes are offered in Fixed & Removable Prosthodontics, Endodontics, OralMaxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics.
Postgraduate research opportunities are provided, within the two main research themes within the University of Glasgow Dental School; Infection & Immunity andCommunity Oral Health(
4.The Department of Oral Surgery
The Department of Oral Surgery is currently situated on Levels 3 and 4 of the Glasgow Dental Hospital. There is a consultant clinic on Level 3 with 7 chairs/consulting rooms. The Minor Oral Surgery Procedures Clinic has 5 chairs and is also located on level 3. It provides facilities for a variety of dentoalveolar procedures, carried out under local anaesthesia and this area is the main focus of student clinical teaching activity. Further Minor Oral Surgery, including implantology and local bone grafting is carried out under both local anaesthesia and sedation in the theatre facility on Level 4.There are 4 chairs and a spacious recovery area in this facility. A recent major redesign and refurbishment of the clinical facilities has delivered an outstanding clinical environment.
There are Day Surgery facilities at Stobhill Hospital and the Victoria Infirmary both located in recently built ACADs offering excellent up-to-date facilities. The post holder would be expected to participate in Day Surgery sessions on occasion.
There is no inpatient operating associated with this post and no out of hours on-call commitment.
5.The Post
There is 1 post available amounting to 1.0 WTE in total. The post holder will contribute to all aspects of the clinical activity of the Oral Surgery Department including provision of treatment under sedation and so should have experience and training in the provision of sedation. The post holder would be expected to function largely independently and to be capable of carrying out all aspects of the oral surgery scope of practice. The post holder should have been qualified in dentistry for at least 4 years with 2 years experience in Oral Surgery and should possess a membership or fellowship from one of the Royal Colleges at the time of taking up the post. Inclusion on the GDC Specialist List in Oral Surgery would be an advantage.
There is no inpatient operating associated with this post although we occasionally jointly manage surgical cases with our OMFS colleagues at the Southern General Hospital.
There is no out of hours on call commitment.
6.Responsible
Professionally responsible to the Lead Clinician in Oral Surgery, Dr Christine Goodall and managerially responsible to Jackie Wilson, Clinical Services Manager.
7.Staffing
Consultant/Honorary Consultant/ Visiting Consultant Staff
BASE HOSPITAL / NAME / NHS SESSIONSNHS and Honorary consultants
University of Glasgow/Glasgow Dental Hospital / Dr C Goodall (Lead Clinician) / 5
University of Glasgow/Glasgow Dental Hospital / Prof A Ayoub / 5
University of Glasgow/ Glasgow Dental Hospital. / Dr A Bell / 5
University of Glasgow/ Glasgow Dental Hospital. / Dr Kurt Naudi / 5
Glasgow Dental Hospital / Ms Fiona Mackenzie / 10
Visiting NHS OMFS consultants
Mr Ian Holland
Mr Jeff Downie
Mr Ewen Thomson
Mr Jeremy McMahon / 3
Non-Consultant Staff
Hospital / Grade / Established Posts / In PostGlasgow Dental Hospital / Associate Specialist / 2.0 WTE / 2.0 WTE
Specialty Dentist (of which one will be this post holder) / 3.1 WTE / 2.1 WTE
Clinical University Teacher / 0.6 WTE / 0.6 WTE
StR’s / 2.0 WTE / 2.0 WTE
Training Grade staff (CT/DF2/SHO) / 5.5 WTE / 5.5 WTE
Glasgow Dental Hospital And Emergency Treatment Centre / Public Dental Health Specialists in Oral Surgery / 2.0WTE / 2.0WTE
The above staffing levels reflect the staffing position within Oral Surgery at the time this job description was compiled. Staffing levels will change to meet future service and business priorities. It would be desirable for the post-holder to have a sub-specialty interest. The post-holder/s may, under certain circumstances, be expected to adjust his/her commitments from time to time in agreement with the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director in order to accommodate variations in service needs. The job plan will be subject to regular review.
8.Relationships with other departments
Good relationships exist with all departments in the Dental Hospital and with the Regional Maxillofacial Unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
9.Teaching & Research
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching is an important component of the department and the holder of this post will be expected to take part in clinical undergraduate teaching and clinical assessment. We have several rotational junior staff in the department and the post holder would be involved in aspects of their training. Research opportunities exist for those interested however research would not form an essential part of this post. Excellent library facilities are available within Glasgow Dental Hospital and School and the University.
10.Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and Service Innovation
The post holder will take on responsibility for clinical governance, quality improvement and service innovation within the department. They will organise departmental clinical governance meetings and attend the regular hospital wide clinical governance meetings.
We are also seeking to employ someone with experience of quality improvement methodology who can lead quality improvement programmes within the department to both allow us to improve our service but also to innovate to ensure that we remain at the forefront of the specialty. Time will be provided in the rota for these duties and the post holder would be expected to involve other members of staff including junior staff in these activities. An overview of service development within the NHS would be an advantage.
11.Timetable
The post will include clinical sessions and SPA time on a pro rata 9 (clinical):1 (SPA) split.Duties undertaken will include the full range of oral surgery. An indicative job plan is attached, this may change depending on the demands of the service but the days the post holder would work are likely to remain the same.
AM (09.00-13.00) / PM (13.30-17.30)Monday / MOPS / Sedation/MOST alternate
Tuesday / New patient clinic / Clinical Governance/Quality improvement
Wednesday / Biopsy / MOS/Sedation
Thursday / MOS / New patient clinic
Friday / Admin / SPA
12.Other Duties
The post holder will be asked to assist in undergraduate teaching and or continuing education according to experience. The post holder may be expected to deputise for absent colleagues.
13.Administration
Clinical administrative duties include those associated with the care of patients and the running of the department. The post holder will be expected to undertake some management duties as directed by the Lead Clinician. There is a requirement to work within the financial and other constraints decided upon by the Directorate.
14.Date when post is vacant
Available immediately.
15. Details of Arrangements for Applicants to visit
Visits to the department can be arranged for shortlisted candidates. In the first instance, please contact:-
Dr Christine Goodall
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Oral Surgery
Lead Clinician in Oral Surgery
Department of Oral Surgery
Glasgow Dental Hospital
375 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JZ
Tel: 0141 211 9655
MODEL JOB PLAN FORMAT ( These sessions are fixed)
Name:Specialty: Oral SurgeryGrade: Specialty Dentist
Effective Date of Job Plan: Next Expected Review Date:
Contract:
Weekly PAs: 10Weekly APAs: 0TOTAL HOURS: 40
Principal Place of WorkGlasgow Dental Hospital and School
Other Regular Workplaces:
On-Call Availability Supplement None
Out of Hours Work: Predictable: 40Unpredictable: PAs
Managerially Accountable to:Jackie Wilson, Clinical Services Manager
Clinically Responsible to:Christine Goodall, Lead Clinician, Lee Savarrio, CD
a)Timetable of activities which have a specific location and time
DAY / HOSPITAL/LOCATION / DESCRIPTION OF WORK / CATEGORY / PA TYPE
DC / SPA / AR / ED / PA / APA
Monday
From / To
9am-1pm
1pm-5pm / GDH
GDH / MOPS
Sedation/New patient clinic alternate weeks / 4hrs
4hrs
Tuesday
From / To
9am-1pm
1.30pm-5.30pm / GDH
GDH and other NHS locations / New patient clinic
Clinical Governance/Quality Improvement session. (nb on the weeks that the hospital CG committee meets this session will start at 1pm and the morning session to finish at 12.30pm) / 4hrs
4hrs / 1
1
Wednesday
From / To
9am-1pm
1.30pm-5.30pm / GDH / Biopsy clinic
MOS/Sedation / 4hrs
4hrs / 1
1
Thursday
From / To
9am-1pm
1.30pm-5.30pm / GDH
GDH / MOS
New patient clinic / 4 hrs
4 hrs / 1
1
Friday
From / To
9am-1pm
1.30pm-5.30pm / GDH
GDH and other NHS locations / Admin
SPA / 4 hrs
4 hrs / 1 / 1
Saturday
From / To
nil / 0
Sunday
From / To
nil / 0
b)
Description of activities that are not undertaken at specific locations or times
(This section should include details of activity category and PA/APA allocation for such activities)
One PA for clinical governance. Quality improvement and innovation. This will include organisation of departmental clinical governance meetings 3-4 times annually and attendance at the monthly hospital clinical governance meeting. Some of these duties may involve working outside GDH. This session is one PA (DCC).c)Description of Activities during Premium Rate Hours of Work e.g. hours outwith 7am-7pm Monday to Friday
(This section should further define activities that have already been included at a) in terms of location and timing)
N/Ad)Additional Programmed Activities
(This section outlines the reason for allocation of APAs including the expected duration of the APAs)
N/ATERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT / PermanentGRADE AND SALARY / Specialty Doctor
£38,302 £ 71,425 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY
SUPERANNUATION / New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via:
REMOVAL EXPENSES / Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT / Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses.Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND / This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.
CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 / The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS / A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE / The employment is subject to one months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE / In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.
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