Specialist Grade in Oral Surgery

We are inviting applicants to apply for a full time post as a Specialist Grade in Oral Surgery. The post holder will have clinical sessions at both sites, as this is a cross site working position.

The successful applicant will be expected to participate actively in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of patients. The main role for the right candidate would be to run oral surgery consultation clinics, minor operation sessions under local anaesthetic independently, as well as assist the department consultant and other clinician with a variety of specialised oral surgery procedures in the general anaesthetic theatre sessions. We have a dedicated oral surgery department nurse, as well as outpatient nurses who assist in the oral surgery clinics and minor operations. Further opportunities will be available for the right candidate to progress into operating independently for theatre sessions.

The post-holder will be expected to work with Colleagues and the Divisional Clinical Director to ensure the service is delivered in line with best practice.

The Post-holder Will

• Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other healthcare professionals, within the department
• Support and teach colleagues on a day to day basis, for example, during handovers, ward rounds and outpatient clinic
• Participate in appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director
  
  

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites – totalling £100million over the next five years.

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There’s a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children’s Unit.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mr Prabhu Karunakar Job title: Consultant Oral Surgery - Ipswich Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01206 747474

Requests for visits to either hospital site should be made to:

Mr Prabhu Karunakar, Consultant Oral Surgery - Ipswich

Email: [email protected]

Or

Mr James Anang, Consultant Oral Surgeon

Email: [email protected]