EAST KENT HOSPITALS NHS TRUST - KSS Deanery

Staff Grade SurgeonMaxillofacial Surgery:Ms E Wadhwa, Ms C Askew, Ms A Al-Shawaf, Ms S Girgis1 Specialist Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery rotates to St George’s and East Grinsteadand 2 Specialist Registrars in Orthodontics linked to Guy’s / Royal London Hospital three yearOrthodontic programme..Five SHOs/DF2 in Maxillofacial Surgery, One SHO/DF2 in Orthodontics and Restorative dentistryand One Full-Time Honorary Clinical Attachmentb) The SHO/DF2 posts are normally for 6 months renewable for upto one year. There are fiveSHOs/DF2 who will be based at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford. The programme isarranged in ten week blocks, so that each SHO/DF2 rotates every ten weeks. During each block often weeks the SHO/DF2 will be responsible to a named Consultant. However, one of the ten weekblocks will be a ‘float’ block, when the SHO/Df2 will cover for colleagues on holiday or on studyleave.c) The main duties are located at the William Harvey Hospital. SHOs/DF2 will be required to visitthe Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury and the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital,Margate for day surgery and out patient clinics. The SHO/DF2 is non-resident and should livewithin 20 minutes and be available within 20 minutes of the William Harvey Hospital when oncall. On call rooms are available if necessary and full time accommodation may be availabledepending on demandThe Junior Doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies andunforeseen circumstances at the request of the Consultant, in consultation, where practicable, withhis colleagues, both senior and junior, on the above hospital sites. It has been agreed between theprofessions and the department that, while Junior Doctors accept that they will perform such duties,the Secretary of State stresses that additional commitments rising under this sub-section areexceptional and, in particular, that Junior Doctors should not be required to undertake work of thiskind for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.d) The on-call rota is 1:5 with prospective cover for colleagues on annual and study leave. Only oneSHO/DF2 should be on leave at any one time, the only exception being the sitting of examinations.You are therefore advised to book leave as far in advance as possible. A minimum of 8 weeks isrequired by the Trust.The Duties CompriseMaxillofacial SurgeryOut-Patients – new and review patients.