Job overview

The University Dental Hospital of Manchester is looking to appoint two part time Consultants in Oral Surgery to provide a full range of Oral Surgery.  This position is a post aimed at maintaining clinical capacity and developing new service areas. The role will also include working with other specialties including Paediatric Dentistry, Oral Medicine, Restorative Dentistry and Orthodontics.

Main duties of the job

The Oral Surgery Unit provides specialist care to Adults and Children, receiving referrals for all aspects of Oral Surgery. The specialty of Oral Surgery deals with pathological conditions of the head and neck requiring surgical intervention including: conditions of the mouth and jaws, those leading to tissue loss requiring reconstructive techniques including oral implants, salivary gland, temporomandibular joint, facial and dental trauma and facial deformity. The unit has a significant responsibility for minor oral surgery undertaken largely under local anaesthesia or conscious sedation by undergraduate and postgraduate dental students under the supervision of Specialty Dentists in Oral Surgery and the Consultants. The management of medically compromised patients requiring oral surgery is also a part of the service offered. The postholder will be expected to work across four sites (Dental Hospital, MRI, RMCH and Trafford Hospital).

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.