Title:

West Midlands in University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (Stoke on Trent) DCT 1-2-3 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Level of Training post and duration:

This post is at DCT 3 level and has a duration of 12 Months.

Location:

Department Of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Royal Stoke Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG

Specialties and/or clinical focus within post

The main specialties of this post are: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Restorative Dentistry and Sedation

Key clinical deliverables that can be achieved within this post

Clinical Deliverable 1: One to one supervised minor oral surgery list under local anaesthetic as well as a regular access to list with teaching in Oral surgery under general anaesthetic and local anaesthetic with IV sedation.

Clinical Deliverable 2: Appropriate management of medically compromised patients (within outpatient, day-case and inpatient settings) Including management of patient on anti-coagulation, Bisphosphonates and Radiotherapy etc.
Appropriate Competency: Mapped to DCT Curriculum points: C3 Oral Surgery - 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 21, 18, 26, 25, 30, 53, 44, 41, 52, 16, 23, 33

Clinical Deliverable 3: Recognition and management of oral lesions in Oral surgery setting. Exposure to wide variety of Oral medicine cases as well in clinic.
Appropriate Competency: Mapped to DCT Curriculum points: C3 Oral Surgery - 25, 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 21, 22, 24

Clinical Deliverable 4: Management of emergency Maxillofacial admissions (dental trauma, maxillofacial trauma and oral-facial infections)
Appropriate Competency: Mapped to DCT Curriculum points: C3 Oral Surgery - 15, 4, 5, 6, 8, 18, 48, 51, 50, 49, 39, 40, 30, 25, 11

Clinical Deliverable 5: Assessment and management of oral surgery emergency patients including trauma, laceration, dento alveolar trauma and facial fractures
Appropriate Competency: Mapped to DCT Curriculum points: C3 Oral Surgery - 38, 43, 52, 50, 48, 42, 45, 34, 5, 6, 11, 10, 12, 13, 26, 30, 40, 35, 46, 51, 39

Clinical Deliverable 6: Work well in a team including Orthodontics, Restorative dentistry and other branches of medicine and surgery
Appropriate Competency: Mapped to DCT Curriculum points: C3 Oral Surgery - 38, 6, 23, 26, 30, 37, 52, 53, 12

You can access a copy of the DCT Curriculum at: https://www.copdend.org/postgraduate-training/dental-core-training-curriculum/

Rotational Post information

All post are based on Royal Stoke Hospital site alone, but the trust includes two sites under its remit.

Travelling Commitment

NONE - based at one site only

Additional Information about the Post

The consultant group cover a complete remit of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery-Trauma, Dento facial Deformity, Oncology, Implantology, Salivary gland surgery and Dento alveolar surgery.

Clinic sessions are within the department and can be supervision in OMFS, attendance in orthodontics or restorative clinics where appropriate and attendance in minor oral surgery sessions with the team.

We provide access to regular oral surgery lists for the DCT's with attendance at supervised oral surgery list with our staff grades under la with or without sedation and ga.

Temporary Registrants

This post is NOT suitable for temporary registrants.

Primary Dental Service

This post does NOT involve working in Primary Care/Community Dental Services/Public Dental Services

Patterns of Working

The consultant group cover a complete remit of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery

• Trauma
• Dento facial Deformity
• Oncology
• Implantology
• Salivary gland surgery
• Dento alveolar surgery

The rolling weekly timetable is:

Week	SHO1	SHO2	SHO3	SHO4	SHO5	SHO6
Mon	OFF	OFF	OFF	Nights	Theatre	O/C
Tue	OFF	OFF	Clinic	Nights	Theatre	O/C
Wed	Theatre	Clinic	Clinic	Nights	OFF	O/C
Thu	Theatre	Clinic	Clinic	Nights	Theatre	O/C
Fri	Clinic	Nights	O/C	OFF	Theatre	OFF
Sat		Nights	O/C
Sun		Nights	O/C

UHNM is a busy level one trauma centre with a DCT on call 24-7 with a lot of experience of acute care while being covered by a tier of more senior staff grades and registrars and consultant.

Normal Working day is 8am to 4pm

Day on-call is 8am to 8pm

Night on-call is 8pm to 8am

Educational and Induction programme Including Trust and Library Facilities

There is an opportunity to shadow before starting a post.

Teaching Programme: Midlands programme – found on the Deanery Website

Local programme: One experienced allocated educational supervisor for the 6 DCT’s - Week teaching ward round, Weekly DCT led Journal Club, Departmental audit or educational session every 6 weeks with DCT input and Weekly “Grand rounds” teaching on teams for the trust

Other opportunities: All DCTs are encouraged and expected to partake in Audit and research

Employer

The details of the employing trust/organisation are: UHNM NHS Trust, Royal Stoke Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG 01782 715444

Contact email for applicant queries relating to the post

Please use this email address for further information about this post: richard.burnham@uhnm.nhs.uk

Relevant web links

Here are relevant web links: https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk/a>

Additional Information about the Post

This has been completed by Alexandra Jigoulina who is the DCT link for this unit.

Parking: Staff Car Park permits are available from https://uhnmstaffpermit.apcoa.co.uk/ . It is Pay as you Go hospital parking. ‘Parkbee’ private car park is a 10-minute walk from the hospital entrance. Free parking on a side street can be found within a 15-minute walk. Out of hours parking can be found on Ashlands road next to the hospital, you can park on the single yellow line outside of the following hours: Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm. This is useful when working on call or on weekends/bank holidays.

Accommodation/Transport: Staff accommodation is available upon request. Most DCT’s live at home or rent within a commutable distance. Stoke-on-Trent train station is a 15–20-minute bus ride or a 30-minute walk from the hospital (roughly 1.5 miles from the hospital).

There is a Stoke-based bus information website which can be found at: https;//www.stokebus.info//