Main area DCT 1 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/C&V Dental Hospital - Paediatric Dentistry Grade Dental Core Trainee Contract Fixed term: 12 months (6 Months CTM Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery with On Call rotating with 6 months University Dental Hospital - Paediatric Dentistry) Hours Full time - With On Call for OMFS rotation Job ref 110-MD347-0625
Site Prince Charles Hospital Town Merthyr Tydfil Salary £43,670 - £60,102 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/07/2025 23:59
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given toapplications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
DCT1 rotational post in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with
on-call (C5A) and Paediatric Dentistry (C5B)
6 months (C5A) and 6 months (C5B)
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
C5A (WAL/W059/061/DCT1/004)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with on-call at Prince Charles Hospital,
Gurnos Road, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DT (main training location) with
out-patient sessions at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy,
Llantrisant, Pontyclun, CF72 8XR and Porth Dental Teaching Unit,
Leith House, Pontypridd Road, CF39 9PH.
C5B (WAL/W073/064/DCT1/002)
Paediatric Dentistry at University Dental Hospital, Heath Park, Cardiff,
CF14 4XY
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
C5A: Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery with on-call – 6 months
OMFS post with 1 in 8 out of hours on-call rota in a busy District
General Hospital. Experience will be gained in facial hard and soft
tissue trauma, oro-facial infection, deformity, pathology of the jaws
and oral soft tissues, facial and oral neoplasia and dento-alveolar
surgery. Trainees will work in out-patient clinics, in-patient wards,
A&E departments, Operating Theatres and Minor Surgery units.
C5B: University Dental Hospital, Paediatric Dentistry – 6 months
The Paediatric Dentistry clinic is a secondary and tertiary referral
centre that provides dental treatment for children unable to receive
care in a primary care setting. Reasons for referral are diverse, and
include dental anxiety, complicating medical conditions, special
needs, dento-alveolar trauma and specific conditions such as hypodontia and other craniofacial abnormalities. The DCT1 trainee
will gain experience of treatment planning cases with Consultants and
Specialists in Paediatric Dentistry, as well as managing paediatric
dental patients, utilising inhalation sedation where
necessary. Children attending as an emergency with pain, swelling
and dental trauma will also be seen as part of this post. At the end of
this post the trainee will be able to treatment plan simple cases and
feel confident to manage more complex paediatric patients.
Previous experience of inhalation sedation would be advantageous.
Person specification
Clinical Skills - Clinical Knowledge & Expertise
* Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and awareness to full investigation of problems
* Capable of conducting operative procedures
* Experience of clinical governance including clinical audit or significant event analysis
* Understand the principles and relevance of clinical research
* Evidence of participation in research
Personal Skills
* Effective oral and written communication skills
* Capacity to adjust behaviour and language as appropriate to needs of differing situations
* Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible mind
* Capacity and motivation to take in others’ perspectives and to treat others with understanding
* Demonstrates an understanding of a patient centred approach
* Capacity to work effectively in partnership with others as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Evidence of leadership
* Demonstrate effective organisational skills, including ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
* Good use of IT systems and packages
* Capacity to know own limitations and be prepared to seek advice
* Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
* Understands, respects, and demonstrates the following values: everyone counts; improving lives; commitment to quality of care; respect and dignity; working together for patients; compassion
Probity - Professional Integrity
* Understands, respects, and demonstrates the following values: everyone counts; improving lives; commitment to quality of care; respect and dignity; working together for patients; compassion
* Demonstrates respect for all
* Able to demonstrate professional attitude
Commitment to Learning and Personal Development
* Commitment to prospective training post and demonstrates insight into the structure and benefits of Dental Core Training
* Capacity and motivation to learn from experience and constantly update skills/knowledge
* Evidence of teaching experience
* Enthusiasm for teaching; exposure to different groups/teaching methods
* Publications
* Presentations
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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