Oral/maxillofacial Surgery House Officers 2024

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery House Officers 2024
Waikato Hospital
Full Time, Fixed Term

Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is a Level-1 trauma centre and one of New Zealand's largest tertiary teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres.

The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) provides a tertiary service to the Central North Island, serving a catchment population of approximately one million as part of Te Whatu Ora's Te Manawa Taki region.

We require OMS House Surgeons to join our team.

You will be working as part of a team of four House Surgeons (3 dentally qualified and 1 medically qualified).

Our department has a strong emphasis on clinical teaching and opportunities for our house surgeons to grow their clinical skills in clinics, theatres, on-call opportunities, and courses through a 'hands-on' approach.

We will assist with developing your oral surgery skills to build a solid foundation to safely conduct surgical extractions, biopsies and perfect your suturing of the oral cavity and face, and other minor OMS procedures that will be relevant to dental practice, or a future in post
- graduate training and beyond. We will support you to develop your ability to deal with medically complex patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

All aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are seen and treated in the department, with an emphasis on:

  • Management of complex facial trauma
  • Orthognathic and deformity correction surgery
  • Dentoalveolar Surgery
  • Third molar extractions
  • Removal of impacted and supernumerary teeth
  • Exposure and bonding of impacted teeth
  • Dental and craniofacial implant placement for oncology patients
  • Management of benign pathology
  • TMJ surgery including total joint replacement
Unique to the Waikato Hospital is the management of head and neck oncology cases.

We are the only OMS unit in the country that conducts its own microvascular free flap reconstruction which provides excellent teaching opportunities for house surgeons.


This includes:

  • Comprehensive workup of a patient diagnosed with oral cancer
  • Management of oral cancer patients in context of a head and neck Multidisciplinary team
  • Biopsy of suspicious oral lesions
  • Perioperative management of oncology and microvascular free flap reconstruction patients
  • Routine oncological surveillance of cancer patients


The unit's acute work is varied, but in addition to the above, it includes the management of facial infections, ward inpatients, and ED presentations.

There is excellent senior support and 3 Registrars to assist our House Surgeon team to allow for adequate supervision and teaching.

We have a strong emphasis on teaching, clinical governance and research.

There are weekly teaching sessions (1-2 hours) that involves:

  • Radiology meeting and teaching on xray interpretation
  • Case based pathology teaching from a clinical pathologist on patients treated within the unit including review of pathology specimens and slides
  • Morbidity and mortality meetings
  • Trauma meeting with discussion on surgical approaches and patient management
  • Maxillofacial and dental teaching topics given by consultants, registrars and house surgeons on a rotational basis
  • Complex case discussions
  • Guest lecturers


You will also work alongside registered specialists in Paediatric, Prosthodontic and Special Care Dentistry who provides dental care to patients with medical complexity and/or disability.

Outpatient clinics are held daily, with regular theatre sessions rostered for surgical exposure. House Surgeons will be embedded within the multidisciplinary teams involved with the management of oncology and cleft patients. The service is a regional centre for patients with complex health care needs requiring maxillofacial intervention.

The service is well-resourced with state of the art technology, including a departmental CBCT machine, 3D printer, Model Scanner, Virtual Surgical Planning software, and access to in-house maxillofacial prosthetic technicians.


Why Waikato:

The Waikato region features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences.

You can surf the world-famous beaches of Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Coromandel and BOP, and hike our majestic mountain ranges and enjoy the local produce.

Learn more about living in the mighty Waikato here from Hamilton and enjoy the local opportunities available.

We are only 90 minutes or less from Auckland, Taupo, Rotorua, BOP, Raglan and the surrounds, which will enable you to enjoy your weekends off in a variety of locations without significant travel commitments.


  • Cover letter
  • CV
  • Copy of your Academic record
  • References will only be reviewed and requested if shortlisted
Dental Reference Form

Values
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Listen to me; talk to me - Whakarongo
Fair play - Mauri Pai
Growing the good - Whakapakari
Stronger together - Kotahitanga

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