Orthodontic Consultant

Job overview

Substantive Consultant in Orthodontics

Applications are invited for the above post to join our orthodontic team part-time. There is also a full-time opportunity, upon discussion at interview. The successful candidate will join the existing team comprising of 2 consultant orthodontists, an orthodontic therapist, 2 restorative consultants and 5 maxillofacial consultants.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest teaching hospitals in England, being made up of three hospitals after joining together in 2000; The General, The Glenfield and the Royal Infirmary. UHL employees over 10,000 staff to treat a diverse population of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland which is a growing population of nearly one million, as well as the neighbouring cities populations of two to three million.

Applications must already be on the GDC specialist register or be eligible for a completion of Post-CCST within 6 months of the interview.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks

• Clinical sessions as laid out in the job plan
• Supervise and train junior medical staff/dental staff
• Teaching, research, audit and administration
• Participate in cleft, restorative and orthognathic and oral surgery MDTs
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
• To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
• To proactively develop the service.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide an exemplary orthodontics service to include treatment planning, advice and where appropriate treatment of referred patients.
• Provide advice and guidance to referrers.
• Provide supervision to orthodontic therapist
• Provide a Multidisciplinary treatment service in the management of complex cases.
• Participate in clinical audit and clinical governance.
• Provide advice regarding orthodontic services to the Trust management and service commissioners if requested.
• Contribute to and develop the teaching &training of junior staff
• Appraisal of appropriate clinical staff and Dental Care Professionals(DCP’s) .
• Contribute to continuing professional education locally, regionally and nationally.
• Have an interest in research and contribute to the departmental research.
• Contribute to future service development in liaison with local commissioners.

Duties & responsibilities of the post

The successful candidate will be an established consultant  or a post- CCST in orthodontics within 6 months of completion at the time of interview for this post.

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department;
• Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences;
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GDPs, MCN and commissioners within the local ICBs;
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally;
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.;
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers – this might include investigations of incidents or complaints.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.
• Full administrative and secretarial support will be provided to support the post holder carry out their duties.
• Office space will be provided.