Job Description

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.



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



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.

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.