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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5 Trainee Maxillofacial Prosthetist/Reconstructive Scientist

West Midlands On-site 0-2 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 5,629 employees£32k – £39k / year
Maxillofacial ProstheticsDental TechnologyCAD/CAMReconstructive ScienceVirtual Surgical Planning

Requirements

Applicants must have a BSc in Technical Dentistry or equivalent, maintain current General Dental Council registration, and have experience in a maxillofacial prosthetic or dental production environment, including CAD/CAM experience. They should be able to organize their workload, solve problems, and work effectively in a busy environment; associate membership of the relevant professional institute and postgraduate experience are desirable.

Job Description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified or final year Dental Technician with an interest in Maxillofacial Prosthetics to join our busy new team with a long term vision for the future to enhance and expand service delivery.

We are an accredited training department with the National School of Healthcare Science in conjunction with the MSC/MSc STP Reconstructive Science training programme

The successful candidate will support qualified Prosthetists with service delivery. This will range and span withing the specialties listed below

The successful candidate will also be required to enrol as an in service STP Reconstructive Science trainee on the externally funded MSc programme to become a qualified Maxillofacial Prosthetist/Reconstructive Scientist.

The department has its own Virtual Surgical Planning suite hosting Materialise and Freeform Software. There are dedicated 3D printing facilities on site housing an array of 3D printers to deliver point of care to facilitate cutting edge services.

The Department provides a specialist service to the following specialities at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Maxillofacial Surgery ( Including Major Trauma Centre )
  • Craniofacial Surgery ( Supra Regional Unit )
  • Cleft Unit ( Regional Unit )
  • ENT
  • Plastic Surgery and Burns ( Regional Unit )
  • Neurosurgery ( Regional Unit )
  • Breast Clinic
  • RCDM
  • Dermatology
  • Paediatric Microtia Service ( Birmingham Children's Hospital )

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

To participate in the provision of a technical/clinical service in the treatment of Maxillofacial Prosthetic department patients. Liaise with team members and schedule of patient's clinical appointments and surgical procedures.

To assist in coordinating and arranging treatment plans and timetabling of clinical/ technical procedures.

To assist senior staff carrying out invasive procedures in the clinic or operating theatre within specified time restraints i.e.

  • Own training and education CPD
  • National occupational standards NOS
  • Best Practice and Ethical Code(IMPT) Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Technology
  • Understand the department's quality QMS and MHRA registration
  • To partake in the departments Risk Assessment policies with ISO 13485

Treat patients with dignity and respect, regardless of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. Apply an empathetic approach to patients who are significantly sight, hearing and speech impaired, as in cases of ablative surgery to the oro facial area, or patients with mental health difficulties or have suffered brain injury

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Technical Dentistry or equivalent
  • Maintain state registration GDC

Desirable

  • Associate Membership of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists -- AIMPT.

Experience

Essential

  • Maxillofacial prosthetic or Dental production environment - hospital or commercial laboratory based.
  • Experience with CAD/CAM

Desirable

  • Post graduate experience and knowledge of Maxillofacial associated specialties

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Must be able to organise own workload and problem solve to allow for service delivery.
  • To be able to fit in with a busy environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Stefan Edmondson

stefan.edmondson@uhb.nhs.uk

01213715661

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32073.00 to £39043.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1103823

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

Job Description

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Education

Bachelor Degree

Skills

Maxillofacial ProstheticsDental TechnologyCAD/CAMReconstructive ScienceVirtual Surgical Planning3D PrintingPatient CareClinical Appointment CoordinationTreatment PlanningTechnical ProceduresRisk AssessmentQuality Management SystemsISO 13485MHRA RegistrationWorkload OrganizationProblem Solving

About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.

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