Locum Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

St George's University Hospitals; Tooting; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals, a major teaching trust in London, seeks an experienced clinician to join the Maxillofacial team. The role focuses on assessing and triaging referrals, communicating outcomes and treatment plans to referrers, and returning treated patients for ongoing care.

The post requires participation in clinical governance, audit activities and research programmes, with flexibility to adapt to service changes while delivering high-quality patient care within a large,

Qualifications

• Experience with referrals and assessment in a hospital setting.
• Ability to document and communicate clinical information clearly.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality and consent principles.

Responsibilities

• Assess and triage referrals to the Hospital Department against the agreed criteria to ensure that appropriate patients are accepted for treatment.
• Respond promptly to referrals from GDPs and Community Dentists, providing information on assessment outcomes and treatment plans.
• Refer treated patients back to referrers for ongoing restorative work and oral health care.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records with regard to confidentiality and consent.
• Audit the service to evaluate effectiveness and clinical outcomes.
• Participate in the Maxillo-Facial Department's Clinical Governance programme including Study/Journal club.
• Engage with audit and research programmes as appropriate.
• Adapt flexibly to changes in the service and assist in implementing them.
• Work independently and provide high-quality patient care.

Job description

• 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

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.