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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Research
Ability to critically appraise research
- Research
Active Research Interests
- Teaching
Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
- Teaching
Experience in supervising undergraduates, dental core trainees, StRs and postgraduates
- Experience
Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Oral Medicine patients including patients on systemic therapies for oromucosal conditions
- Management
Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process
- Management
Evidence of effective leadership skills
- Personal Qualities
Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
- Personal Qualities
Self-motivated and flexible approach to work
- Personal Qualities
Values aligned to those of the Health Board
- Personal Qualities
Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
- Personal Qualities
Effective IT (computer) skills
- Clinical Governance
Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving clinical practice.
- Clinical Governance
Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance management
- Clinical Governance
Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation
- Qualifications and Training
Full Registration with the General Dental Council
- Qualifications and Training
On Specialist Register for Oral Medicine or be eligible within six months of interview date
- Qualifications and Training
Successful completion of an SAC approved training programme in Oral Medicine or within 6 months of completion
- Qualifications and Training
Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exit Examination (ISFE) in Oral Medicine, or equivalent.
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Research
Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
- Research
Publications / Presentations
- Research
Research Experience relevant to Oral Medicine
- Teaching
Postgraduate qualification in education
- Management
Evidence of management training
- Clinical Governance
Lead role in delivery of quality improvement initiatives
- Qualifications and Training
MFDS/ MJDF
- Qualifications and Training
Full Registration with the General Medical Council if dually qualified
- Qualifications and Training
Other Relevant postgraduate qualifications in Oral Medicine or Medical leadership
Job overview
Applications are invited for a full time Consultant in Oral Medicine within the University Dental Hospital at the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. This exciting post offers a rare opportunity to shape the strategy for Oral Medicine within the health board area.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services
Applicants must be on the General Dental Council Specialist list in Oral Medicine or within 6 months of completion of specialty training in Oral Medicine.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to and collaborate with advice to Cardiff University to help provide high quality education to undergraduates in the area of Oral Medicine
The University Hospital of Wales is a regional and national centre for a number of medical specialties and this role will include opportunities to support the development of networks where medicine and dentistry interface.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification within the supporting documentation.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Consultant in Oral Medicine with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in Cardiff, Wales. It is listed as a Consultant Dentist Oral Medicine role. The advertised salary is £114,099 - £166,585 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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