Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Newcastle Hospitals; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry to join the Newcastle Dental Hospital team. The successful candidate will deliver consultant-led services, support multidisciplinary clinics and educational activity for trainees.

The post focuses on hypodontia, developmental defects, cleft lip/palate, and potentially head and neck oncology, with responsibilities including new patient activity and teaching across levels.

Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Successful completion of an SAC approved minimum 5-year training programme in Restorative dentistry or within 6 months of completion or equivalent
• Intercollegiate specialty fellowship examination or equivalent
• An appropriate postgraduate qualification in Restorative Dentistry or equivalent
• Teaching qualification

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services for Restorative Dentistry at a tertiary level.
• Undertake clinical teaching and supervision of junior staff, undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Provide Consultant cover and supervise junior colleagues and postgraduates as required.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Teaching

Clinical governance

Education

Primary clinical qualification

Full GMC Registration

GMC Specialist Register entry within 6 months

5-year Restorative dentistry training or equivalent

Intercollegiate fellowship or equivalent

Postgraduate Restorative qualification

Teaching qualification

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

The closing date is 27 November 2026

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a full-time consultant (10PA) in Restorative Dentistry to join the team at Newcastle Dental Hospital to support us with our specialist advisory and treatment services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with experience in multidisciplinary working who will support the head and neck oncology, implant, developmental and cleft service as well as contribute to general restorative diagnostic clinics. We envisage the post to focus on hypodontia, developmental defects, cleft lip and palate, possibly head and neck oncology. The post holders will be expected to undertake new patient activity and treatment to support departmental patient activity targets. They will be expected to provide consultant cover as and when necessary and deliver clinical dental education to trainees, undergraduates and postgraduate students.

Main duties of the job

The primary aim of this 1.0 WTE appointment as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry (10 programmed activities) is to join the existing well-integrated team to provide consultant-led service at tertiary level to the population of the North-East and beyond. This is a permanent post, to support the delivery of specialist services in Restorative Dentistry within the Dental Directorate. Multi-disciplinary clinics also run jointly with other dental specialties to treat head and neck cancer, hypodontia, chronic pain, cleft lip and palate, special care dentistry and patients transitioning from paediatric dentistry to adult care. The successful applicant will be based at the Dental Hospital and provide a comprehensive diagnostic, treatment, and multidisciplinary service to support departmental patient activity targets. They will contribute to the consultant cover rota and offer clinical dental education to junior staff, postgraduates and undergraduates in the department.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

To provide clinical services for patients attending the Restorative Dental services of the Trust To deliver dental services in accordance with the Job Purpose Undertake clinical teaching and supervision of Junior Dental Staff including undergraduate and postgraduate students. Provide Consultant Cover and clinical supervision for Junior Dental colleagues and postgraduates in the Directorate as necessary

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Successful completion of an SAC approved minimum 5-year training programme in Restorative dentistry or within 6 months of completion or equivalent
• Intercollegiate specialty fellowship examination or equivalent
• An appropriate postgraduate qualification in Restorative Dentistry or equivalent
• Teaching qualification

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of current and significant experience in Restorative Dentistry including treatment of endodontics including dental trauma, head and neck cancer patients, hypodontia and cleft patients, and advanced restorative procedures
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• Ability to provide high quality specialist care for patients seen and treated and an expert clinical opinion.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Significant and current experience of working within multidisciplinary teams and planning and providing dental implant treatment for oncology and hypodontia patients.
• Use of evidence-based practice can demonstrate through knowledge of the relevant literature

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• An understanding of the role of Transformation in the NHS
• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior dental / medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical/ technical & practical skills
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.

Research

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.
• Ability to appraise scientific literature critically
• Ability to apply evidence-based literature to clinical care

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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