Job summary
Job Title: Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
Salary: £88,634 - £119,113
Hours:8 Programmed Activities (PA's) - 32 hours per week
Closing Date: 15th September 2023
Department: 230 12360 Community Dental Service
Location: Warwickshire Special Care Dental Service across Coventry and Warwickshire
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertiseand enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties of the job
This is a new post for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry for Warwickshire. The successful candidate will have established leadership and team-working qualities and will provide service, mentoring and clinical leadership in paediatric dentistry and be responsible for providing specialist dental advice and treatment for children with a disability and/or complex medical conditions/additional needs, under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation and general anaesthesia, in both hospital and community settings within Warwickshire. They will also be responsible for developing and contributing to continuing education, audit and research, whilst playing a key role in supporting clinical governance and quality assurance programmes, supporting innovation and quality improvement in the Special Care Dental Service.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care'takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Effective Open Communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:
Benefits:On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate must be registered and maintain registration as a dental practitioner with the General Dental Council and should be on the GDC Specialist list in Paediatric Dentistry and have successfully completed a SAC approved 2 year Fixed Term Training Appointment in Paediatric Dentistry (eligible if completion within 6 months of the date of the interview) or equivalent training which follows on from a pre-CCST training period of 3 years or equivalent.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate must be registered and maintain registration as a dental practitioner with the General Dental Council and should be on the GDC Specialist list in Paediatric Dentistry and have successfully completed a SAC approved 2 year Fixed Term Training Appointment in Paediatric Dentistry (eligible if completion within 6 months of the date of the interview) or equivalent training which follows on from a pre-CCST training period of 3 years or equivalent.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- High level skills and experience in specialist care for patients including under ga, conscious sedation and paediatric dental trauma
- Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Paediatric patients
- Experience in Community Dental Service settings
- Clinical leadership experience in paediatric dentistry
- Ability to critically appraise scientific literature
Desirable
- Experience of management in a Paediatric Dentistry service
- Audit and service evaluation relevant to Paediatric Dentistry
- Research relevant to Paediatric Dentistry
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Full registration with the UK General Dental Council and on the GDC Specialist List in Paediatric Dentistry
- Possession of a CCST in Paediatric Dentistry (or within 6 months of completion) or equivalent
- Membership in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent Possession of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent
Desirable
- Other Postgraduate qualification in Paediatric dentistry, teaching or conscious sedation(e.g. MSc, Diploma, Doctorate}
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates clarity in all communication with capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others
- Able to work in multi-professional teams
- Can effectively supervise colleagues and team members
- Capacity to take in wider and individual perspectives
- Adopt and represent Trust values
- Manages and prioritises time, workload and information effectively.
- Capacity to operate under pressure with initiative & resilience accommodating rapidly changing circumstances
Desirable
- IT skills including Microsoft Office and Dental Patient Admin Systems
- Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- High level skills and experience in specialist care for patients including under ga, conscious sedation and paediatric dental trauma
- Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Paediatric patients
- Experience in Community Dental Service settings
- Clinical leadership experience in paediatric dentistry
- Ability to critically appraise scientific literature
Desirable
- Experience of management in a Paediatric Dentistry service
- Audit and service evaluation relevant to Paediatric Dentistry
- Research relevant to Paediatric Dentistry
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Full registration with the UK General Dental Council and on the GDC Specialist List in Paediatric Dentistry
- Possession of a CCST in Paediatric Dentistry (or within 6 months of completion) or equivalent
- Membership in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent Possession of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent
Desirable
- Other Postgraduate qualification in Paediatric dentistry, teaching or conscious sedation(e.g. MSc, Diploma, Doctorate}
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates clarity in all communication with capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others
- Able to work in multi-professional teams
- Can effectively supervise colleagues and team members
- Capacity to take in wider and individual perspectives
- Adopt and represent Trust values
- Manages and prioritises time, workload and information effectively.
- Capacity to operate under pressure with initiative & resilience accommodating rapidly changing circumstances
Desirable
- IT skills including Microsoft Office and Dental Patient Admin Systems
- Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
