Job summary
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 4 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out at St George's Hospital. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Lead within 3 months of your start date. Please refer to the PDF attachment for the job overview and main responsibilities of the role.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends

Main duties of the job
This role is suited to an experienced clinician with enhanced clinical skills in paediatric dentistry who can work independently without supervision. The individual's main role will be to support the service through provision of high quality dental treatment for patients attending the paediatric dental department under local anaesthetic and inhalation sedation for a variety of conditions. These treatments will have been planned by a consultant in paediatric dentistry.

The successful candidate may have the opportunity to be involved with the delivery of consultant-led new patient clinics, multidisciplinary treatment planning, service evaluation and quality improvement projects.

You will work closely with the consultants in paediatric dentistry to deliver a service that strives for excellence.

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification link within this job advert for details relating to this post, role expectations and main responsibilities.

You will be expected to:

• Maintain mandatory annual registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) by independently fulfilling and documenting general CPD requirements,
• Proactively participate in annual Trust appraisal processes and provide flexible operational cross-cover in the speciality during periods of high workload, staff absence, or service pressures where appropriate.
• Participate actively in regular staff meetings, contributing constructive ideas to improve daily workflows and team communication.
• Work within Trust policies and demonstrate Trust values at all times.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Ability to work in a team
• Must have proven skillset of leadership, managing or leading teams in fast paced environments.
• Diagnostic clinics for children in a hospital setting.
• Treatment of children under general anaesthesia
• Treatment of children with nitrous oxide inhalation sedation.
• Effective Participation in clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills required.
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS policies and procedures.

Clinical Skills
Essential

• Able to diagnose children with a wide range of oral and dental disease.
• Be able to treat children requiring Level 3 care.

Leadership & Management Skills
Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
• Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Knowledge of finance and budgets.

Professional Registration
Essential

• GDC registered
• Recognised Qualification

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).