Locum Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry to work mainly at the Royal London Dental Hospital with sessions at the Royal London Hospital and outreach clinics.

The role includes new patient clinics, treatment in sedation and GA, department management, teaching, and involvement in audits and research supervision. Essential qualifications are GDC registration and CCST, with a commitment to education and service improvement.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC).
• CCT (or entry on GDC Specialist registration for Paediatric Dentistry) within 6 months of completion.
• Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exit Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent.
• Up-to-date logbook.

Responsibilities

• Undertake new patient consultation clinics and paediatric treatment clinics.
• Provide treatment under inhalation sedation, IV sedation or General Anaesthesia as required.
• Contribute to day-to-day department management and take on relevant leadership roles.
• Engage in teaching, training and supervising postgraduate research projects.
• Participate in audits and clinical governance to improve service quality.

Skills

Change Management

Multi-disciplinary team

Research publications

Teaching & Leadership

Education

GDC registration

GDC Paediatric Dentistry CCT

Intercollegiate Fellowship exam

Up-to-date logbook

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The post is for 1 full-time (10 PAs) Locum Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry within the Paediatric Dental Department at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a post primarily based at the Royal London Dental Hospital with some sessions in main paediatric theatres at the Royal London Hospital and at local outreach clinics. The job would entail meeting the demands on the Paediatric Dental Service, ensuring the quality of service is maintained and supporting training.The service runs specialist multidisciplinary clinics with Orthodontics, Restorative Dentistry and Haematology. Barts Health NHS Trust provides a secondary and tertiary service receiving referrals from general dental practitioners, medical practitioners and the local community dental service. The department is responsible for education of undergraduate and postgraduate dental students and professionals complimentary to dentistry. It provides dental foundation training, specialist training and postgraduate education. The Paediatric Dental department provides treatment for children and adolescents referred with genetic dental anomalies, severe dental trauma, and with severe dental anxiety. It also offers a service for children with complex medical problems, including learning difficulty or physical disability. Minor oral surgical procedures on children are also carried out in the day stay unit., The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic team and undertake new patient consultation clinics, treatment clinics including treatment under inhalation sedation, intravenous sedation or General Anaesthesia. They will be involved in day-to-day management of the department and take on management roles suitable to their level of experience. They will also be expected to take an active role in teaching and training and participate in audit and supervision of postgraduates' research projects.

Professional Qualifications

• Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC)
• CCT (or entered on GDC Specialist registration for Paediatric Dentistry) achieved within 6 months of completion
• Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exit Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent
• Up to date logbook

Desirable

• Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (of one of the Royals Colleges of Surgeons of the UK or Ireland) or equivalent

Experience Essential

• Completion of a 3-year CCST training in Paediatric Dentistry (or equivalent) plus 2-year post CCST Fixed Term Training (FTTA) or equivalent or within 6 months of completion

Desirable

• Experience of paediatric dental trauma, hypodontia and children with cleft palate

Teaching Essential

• Experience of post-graduate and undergraduate teaching and training at an appropriate level

Knowledge, Audit and Research Essential

• Effective participation in audit
• Ability to appraise scientifically
• Management of clinical service

Desirable

• Peer reviewed clinical research publications
• Understanding of the NHS including financial and operational pressures
• Understanding of national waiting time targets (Referral to Treatment and Urgent Suspected Cancer)
• Organisational skills, good time management, forward planning and attention to detail

Skills Essential

• Change Management and Quality or Service Improvement
• Multi-disciplinary team working
• Interest in research, with evidence of peer reviewed publications
• Teaching and Leadership

Desirable

• People Management

Other Essential

• Computer proficiency, including all Microsoft Office packages
• Communication skills
• Evidence of team working across multiple disciplines
• Empathy, understanding, active listening skills, patience
• Adaptable to patients of different levels

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC)
• CCT (or entered on GDC Specialist registration for Paediatric Dentistry) achieved within 6 months of completion
• Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exit Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent
• Up to date logbook

Desirable

• Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (of one of the Royals Colleges of Surgeons of the UK or Ireland) or equivalent

Experience Essential

• Completion of a 3-year CCST training in Paediatric Dentistry (or equivalent) plus 2-year post CCST Fixed Term Training (FTTA) or equivalent or within 6 months of completion

Desirable

• Experience of paediatric dental trauma, hypodontia and children with cleft palate

Teaching Essential

• Experience of post-graduate and undergraduate teaching and training at an appropriate level

Knowledge, Audit and Research Essential

• Effective participation in audit
• Ability to appraise scientifically
• Management of clinical service

Desirable

• Peer reviewed clinical research publications
• Understanding of the NHS including financial and operational pressures
• Understanding of national waiting time targets (Referral to Treatment and Urgent Suspected Cancer)
• Organisational skills, good time management, forward planning and attention to detail

Skills Essential

• Change Management and Quality or Service Improvement
• Multi-disciplinary team working
• Interest in research, with evidence of peer reviewed publications
• Teaching and Leadership

Desirable

• People Management

Other Essential

• Computer proficiency, including all Microsoft Office packages
• Communication skills
• Evidence of team working across multiple disciplines
• Empathy, understanding, active listening skills, patience
• Adaptable to patients of different levels

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment. Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.