Consultant in Oral Surgery

Job overview

The Department of Oral Surgery  at GSTT is seeking 2 x 9 PA  Consultants in Oral Surgery

Applicants must be fully registered with the GDC and on the GDC Specialist Register in Oral Surgery, be accredited or within six months of such accreditation at interview stage and have completed a SAC approved training programme or equivalent.

General enquiries for an informal discussion about this post at GSTT should be directed to Mr Chris Sproat, (Consultant in Oral Surgery) [email protected].

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Main duties of the job

- Clinical

- Provide High Care to Patients

- Research, Teaching and Training

- Performance Management

- Dental Staff Management

- Governance

- Strategy and Business Planning

- Leadership and Team Working

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide a consultant-led specialist oral health care service for patients referred to the Oral Surgery department.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care including a significant contribution to gathering data to demonstrate outcomes for our patients at Trust, local and national levels.
• To provide dental care for patients on the department of Oral Surgery  requiring specialist services under local anaesthetic, sedation and general anaesthesia.
• Have a role supervising specialty dentists in addition to an active role in the clinical supervision, training and education of other junior staff including Dental Core Trainees and Speciality Trainees
• Contribute to the clinical supervision of undergraduates and to assist delivery of courses throughout the BDS programme
• Have a key role in the Quality Improvement activity of the department
• Participate in training and education of postgraduates
• Contribute to the development and management of clinical services
• Ensure that referral to treatment times for patients comply with the requirements of the Department of Health.

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for further information.