Locum Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a Locum Consultant in Restorative Dentistry to assess referrals, provide treatment plans, and deliver high-quality patient care within the Maxillo-Facial Department. The role requires GDC registration, a BDS or equivalent, SAC-approved training, and ISFE with a view to achieving ISFE within 6 months.

The post involves auditing clinical governance, contributing to research, and working within an experienced

Qualifications

• Full registration with GDC is required.
• BDS or equivalent is required.
• SAC-approved training program is required.
• ISFE or equivalent; or within 6 months of expected date of achieving ISFE is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Assess and triage referrals to the Hospital Department against criteria.
• Respond to referrals from GDPs and Community Dentists with assessment outcomes and treatment plans.
• Refer patients for restorative work and ongoing oral health care.
• Maintain accurate clinical records with patient confidentiality.
• Audit service effectiveness and clinical outcomes.
• Participate in Clinical Governance and journal clubs.
• Engage in audit and research programmes as appropriate.
• Adapt to changes in the service and implement them.
• Work independently to provide high-quality patient care.

Skills

Clinical excellence

Communication

Problem solving

Team leadership

Adaptability

Oral healthcare management

Attention to confidentiality

Education

BDS or equivalent

GDC registration (Full)

SAC-approved training

ISFE or equivalent

Job description

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Hospital - Tooting Town London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/11/2026 23:59

Locum Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

• Assess and triage referrals to the Hospital Department against the agreed criteria to ensure that appropriate patients are accepted for treatment.
• To respond in a timely manner to referrals from GDPs and Community Dentists, providing appropriate information on assessment outcome, treatment plans and treatment to be undertaken by the referring clinician.
• To refer patients successfully treated back to the referring clinician for subsequent restorative work and ongoing oral health care.
• To maintain accurate and timely clinical records, adhering to accepted good practice with regard to patient confidentiality and consent.
• To audit the service to evaluate the effectiveness of service provision and ultimately to look at clinical outcomes.
• To participate in the Maxillo-Facial Department’s Clinical Governance programme including the Study/Journal club.
• To be involved where appropriate with audit and research programmes.
• To adapt flexibly to changes which occur in the service and assist in implementing such changes .
• To work independently and provide high quality care to patients

Main duties of the job

• Assess and triage referrals to the Hospital Department against the agreed criteria to ensure that appropriate patients are accepted for treatment.
• To respond in a timely manner to referrals from GDPs and Community Dentists, providing appropriate information on assessment outcome, treatment plans and treatment to be undertaken by the referring clinician.
• To refer patients successfully treated back to the referring clinician for subsequent restorative work and ongoing oral health care.
• To maintain accurate and timely clinical records, adhering to accepted good practice with regard to patient confidentiality and consent.
• To audit the service to evaluate the effectiveness of service provision and ultimately to look at clinical outcomes.
• To participate in the Maxillo-Facial Department’s Clinical Governance programme including the Study/Journal club.
• To be involved where appropriate with audit and research programmes.
• To adapt flexibly to changes which occur in the service and assist in implementing such changes .
• To work independently and provide high quality care to patients

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assess and triage referrals to the Hospital Department against the agreed criteria to ensure that appropriate patients are accepted for treatment.
• To respond in a timely manner to referrals from GDPs and Community Dentists, providing appropriate information on assessment outcome, treatment plans and treatment to be undertaken by the referring clinician.
• To refer patients successfully treated back to the referring clinician for subsequent restorative work and ongoing oral health care.
• To maintain accurate and timely clinical records, adhering to accepted good practice with regard to patient confidentiality and consent.
• To audit the service to evaluate the effectiveness of service provision and ultimately to look at clinical outcomes.
• To participate in the Maxillo-Facial Department’s Clinical Governance programme including the Study/Journal club.
• To be involved where appropriate with audit and research programmes.
• To adapt flexibly to changes which occur in the service and assist in implementing such changes .
• To work independently and provide high quality care to patients

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Full registration with GDC
• BDS or equivalent
• Successful completion of an SAC-approved training program
• Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Exit Exam in Restorative Dentistry (ISFE), or equivalent; or within 6 months of expected date of achieving ISFE.

Experience

• High level skills and experience in specialist care for patients, with a wide range of skills in Restorative techniques
• Experience in the multidisciplinary management of patients
• Experience in clinical leadership and management of Restorative services
• Experience of audit and service evaluations.

Skills

• Clinical: High level of clinical skills and reflective practice
• Communication: demonstrates clarity in all communication with capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation. Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions. Flexibility and adaptability
• Managing and engaging others: Capacity to work effectively with others. Able to work in multi-professional teams. Can effectively supervise colleagues and team members.
• Empathy and self-awareness: Capacity to take in wider and individual perspectives. Adopt and represent Trust values.
• Organization and Management: Manages and prioritises time, workload, and information effectively. IT skills including Microsoft Office and Dental Patient Admin Systems.
• Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues. Capacity to operate under pressure with initiative & resilience accommodating rapidly changing circumstances.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

• The machine readable zone
• An ultra violet image
• An infra red image

As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Luis Freire
Job title Service Manager
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