Dental Officer in Oral Surgery

An exciting opportunity to join the Salaried Dental Service Oral Surgery Team carrying out Tier 2 level procedures withinCheshire and Merseyside. 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. The post holder will work alongside Senior dental officers and specialists in Oral Surgery so that they can develop their own skills with mentoring always at hand., The successful post holder will be providing tier 2 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 teeth Management of acute infection Treatment may be carried out using local anaesthetic with or without intravenous sedation (usually as operator seditionist). 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.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles. North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region. Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities. Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation. Our mission We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other Our vision We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities