James Allison

Experience

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  The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Sept 2014 - Aug 2016

  General Professional Trainee (DFT/DCT1)

  Alternate weeks working in general dental practice in a high-needs area of Middlesbrough and working in various dental specialties at Newcastle Dental Hospital including: oral surgery, acute dental care, oral medicine, sedation, dental & maxillofacial radiology, paediatric dentistry and restorative dentistry.

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  South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2017

  Trust Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (DCT level)

  "Senior House Officer" responsibilities in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) at Sunderland Royal Hospital including: minor oral surgery operating; care of surgical inpatients in OMFS and otorhinolaryngology (ENT); and first-on-call responsibilities within hours and out-of-hours for OMFS and ENT. Case-load included significant head and neck oncology.

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  The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Sept 2017 - now

  Provision of Oral Surgery at Newcastle Dental Hospital including local anaesthetic and day-case operating and second-on-call responsibilities in Maxillofacial Surgery based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. "Senior House Officer" responsibilities in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary including: minor oral surgery operating; care of surgical inpatients; and first-on-call responsibilities within hours and out-of-hours. The RVI is a major trauma centre, and case-load included significant craniomaxillofacial trauma.

  • Honorary Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery

    Sept 2018 - now

  • Dental Core Trainee in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (DCT2)

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018
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  Newcastle University

  Sept 2018 - Nov 2021

  Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery

  Clinical teaching in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and leadership of clinical and academic courses for dental undergraduates. Contribution to the School's research programme and internal funding to undertake a PhD.

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  Postgraduate Institute for Measurement Science (PGI)

  Nov 2021 - now

  PGI Student
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  Newcastle University

  Sept 2022 - now

  Doctoral Fellowship funded by Wellcome Trust 4Ward North Clinical PhD Academy and Faculty of Dental Surgery Research Fellowship (Royal College of Surgeons of England). This Fellowship will allow me to complete my PhD which will look at the dispersion of viruses in bioaerosols produced in dentistry.

  • Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Deputy Director of Admissions, School of Dental Sciences

    Sept 2022 - now