Job summary
- Main area
- Dental
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-SNCT-CAS-6369555-JT
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting, London
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 plus London Weighting per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Dentist in Restorative Dentistry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
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
St Georges Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Restorative Dentistry is seeking a talented and enthusiastic dentist who is dedicated to developing a career focussed on clinical excellence in Restorative Dentistry. This posts provides a rare opportunity for a dentist with curiosity, intelligence and commitment.
The candidate should have a strong interest in Prosthodontics, Endodontics and Periodontics and should be keen to commit to lifelong learning in Restorative Dentistry. The ideal candidate(s) will have a strong record of clinical achievement, ideally with 5 years of relevant experience. The successful applicant will have access to consultant support and will treat patients alongside two consultants in Restorative Dentistry (and other dental consultants Orthodontics and Paediatrics), with close liaison with maxillofacial team on a daily basis. There is strong emphasis on the multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. The department has a core role to play in the planning and management of severe trauma, head and neck oncology, along with haemato-oncology, breast oncology and various other medical specialties. The post offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a large service covering the South West of London with a population of 1.7million.
Main duties of the job
- Working with a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry to 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 audit the service to evaluate the effectiveness of service provision and ultimately to look at clinical outcomes.
- To maintain accurate and timely clinical records, adhering to accepted good practice with regard to patient confidentiality and consent.
- 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
The Department of Restorative Dentistry within St. George’s Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust primarily provides Secondary and Tertiary Restorative Dental Care services (often multidisciplinary) for patients who are undergoing or have undergone treatment for Head and Neck Cancer, have or are taking anti-angiogenic medication, have suffered major trauma to dento-alveolar processes, have Developmental and Infective disorders as well as some patients with severe Medical compromise (often in combination with medical / surgical teams).
The wider department includes Orthodontic, Paediatric Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with numerous joint clinics exist between restorative dentistry and the various other Specialties.
The Maxillofacial Unit has its own self-contained Radiographic Unit (with a dedicated senior maxillofacial dental radiographer). This service includes Cephalostat, Orthopantomogram, Skull table and Intra-oral facilities as well as cone beam CT services.
A dental laboratory is present on the second floor of the Maxillofacial Unit and is equipped to support the Maxillofacial, Restorative and
Orthodontic Services, outsourcing some laboratory work allowing for additional exposure to working with an off-site laboratory.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for full details of job and the main responsibilities that are associated with this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GDC registered
- BDS or equivalent
- Vocational Training or evidence of equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Post-Grad qualifications
- Relevant restorative experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a team
- High level of clinical skills
- Good communication skills
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Reflective learning
Other
Essential criteria
- Commitment to clinical audit
- Commitment to personal CPD
- Experience of clinical audit
- Occupational Health clearance
- DBS clearance
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience with an operating microscope
- Experience of dealing with referrals e.g. letters and correspondence
- Experience in providing routine restorative dental care
- Experience of managing patients who are medically compromised
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Luis Freire
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 0024
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