Affiliation:
1. Orthodontic Department, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, UK
2. Orthodontic Department, Department 8, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
3. Health Education and Improvement Wales, Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taff, UK
Abstract
Objective: To ascertain the perceptions of the Welsh NHS orthodontic workforce regarding their job satisfaction and work life balance. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Participants and setting: Clinicians providing NHS orthodontic treatment in Wales. Methods: An anonymised, email-distributed, electronic, two-part survey (onlinesurveys.ac.uk) of the Welsh NHS orthodontic workforce working within Wales was undertaken. The survey consisted of three sections: (1) demographic information (part 1); (2) respondents’ working pattern (part 1); and (3) perceptions of professional job satisfaction and work/life balance (part 2). The responses received were exported into an Excel spreadsheet for descriptive analysis. The free-text comments were collated for each question and subsequently underwent a content analysis to identify any common themes. Results: Part 2 of the survey yielded an overall response rate of 69.6% (n = 78). Over 96% (n = 75) of respondents felt that they had ‘made the right career choice, including 100% of orthodontic trainees, orthodontic specialists and orthodontic consultants. Of the respondents, 88.5% (n = 69) said they ‘enjoyed going to work’, with the remaining being mostly neutral in their opinion. Of the respondents, 79.5% (n = 62) felt they were able to ‘provide their patients the optimum care’ and 64.1% (n = 50) felt that more demands were being placed upon them by patients and parents. Overall, 52.6% (n = 41) of survey respondents believed it was becoming increasingly difficult to achieve an effective work/life balance, and this was more prevalent among male respondents (61.5%, n = 16) than female respondents (48.1%, n = 25), although this difference was not statistically significant ( P >0.05). Conclusions: Over 96% of respondents felt they have chosen the right career and that flexibility and a good working environment are important to job satisfaction. Respondents felt that there are increasing demands being placed upon them by patients/parents, employers, the Regulators, the Government and Health Boards. This is leading to increased difficulty in achieving a satisfactory work/life balance, especially among male respondents.
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