Main area Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (1st September 2025 - 1st September 2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 249-7225310
Employer Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Western Hospital Town Swindon Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/07/2025 23:59
Laboratory Manager/Chief Maxillofacial and Orthodontic Technologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented, ambitious and dynamic person to join the Surgery and Planned Care Division at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Laboratory Manager/Chief Maxillofacial and Orthodontic Technologist.
The post holder will be professionally responsible for and performing the full range of highly complex and specialised work including innovative development and design, providing the technical support and clinical/technical advice to major specialised areas of Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, ENT Head and Neck Cancer Surgical Team and Plastic Surgery for Cleft Lip and Palate.
Main duties of the job
1.Professionally responsible for the management of the Dental Technology Service and staff, focusing management efforts in co-ordinating the multi- disciplined technical services to provide effective and efficient service to support clinical activity.
2. Actively participate in, and on policies, procedures and equipment with consultants and staff in ongoing and new developments within the department and associated functional areas.
3.Manage the laboratory non-staff budget/ budget holder, and budget setting for the Dental Technical Service. To maintain stores and sock control for the laboratory/authorised signatory, budget holder for Dental Laboratory services expenditure within agreed limits.
4.Recognise and respond to clinical/ educational developments and advise Clinical Director/Directorate Manager on likely cost pressures.
5.Ensure H&S standards are maintained in the laboratory.
6.Responsible for the technical equipment/capital assets of the laboratory.
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1.To be responsible for managing the non-staff budget/ budget holder, and budget setting for the laboratory.
2.To be responsible for managing external activity providing income generation to the department.
Responsibilities for People or Training
3.Monitor staff performance and amend practices accordingly. To include, appraisal, establishment of staffing levels, staff sickness and leave, discipline and grievances, leave allocation, study leave and training.
4.To be actively involved in the interviewing and recruitment of junior staff.
5.Provide complex advice to clinical, technical and nursing staff on all aspects of professional, technical and quality issues viz. the construction of specialist maxillofacial prostheses and those for ablative cancer surgery.
6.Provide and participate in the provision of post-graduate training ie. seminars and lectures.
7.Provide educational support and training to junior staff leading to a professional qualification.
8.Preparation of teaching models.
Further for information, please see f ull job description attached
Person specification
Qualifications
* Masters Degree or equivalent experience in Orthodontics
* Masters Degree or equivalent experience in Prosthodontics.
* Management Qualification.
Experience
* Demonstrable post qualification experience with highly specialised knowledge in Orthodontics
* Clinical Governance experience
* Line management of staff
* Budgetary management
Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
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, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements. Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.
Eligibility for this role requires:
* Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
* Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria
Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.
Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.
We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.
Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Abby Hayes Job title Assistant General Manager - ENT, OMFS and Plastics Email address abby.hayes2@nhs.net Telephone number 01793 604020
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