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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical Skills
Clinical skills necessary for Oral Medicine
- Clinical Skills
Proficiency in oral mucosal soft tissue surgery
- Clinical Skills
Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to service development.
- Clinical Experience
Clinical experience in Oral Medicine and Chronic Orofacial Pain management
- Audit Management & IT
Experience in clinical audit and quality improvement in the NHS
- Audit Management & IT
Proficient IT skills in order to engage in electronic clinical systems
- Professional Qualifications
Holding or eligible for full registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) of the UK
- Leadership/ Management Skills
Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade / negotiate
- Leadership/ Management Skills
Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
- Leadership/ Management Skills
Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
- Leadership/ Management Skills
Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
- Leadership/ Management Skills
Ability to work as part of a team
- Research. Teaching Skill & Experience
Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior dental staff utilising a wide variety of teaching methods
- Research. Teaching Skill & Experience
Understanding of the principles and application of clinical research, including understanding and knowledge of research ethics
- Research. Teaching Skill & Experience
Ability to appraise scientific literature critically
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Audit Management & IT
Involvement in quality improvement projects in addition to clinical audit
- Professional Qualifications
Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, or equivalent
- Research. Teaching Skill & Experience
Formal teaching qualification to level of Post-graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, (FHEA) or higher.
- Research. Teaching Skill & Experience
Knowledge and understanding of assessment with evidence of experience in assessment
Job overview
The Department of Oral Medicine is seeking a fixed term 12 months Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. The department is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and is looking for an individual with the appropriate skills to complement our team and to help keep our service at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
The Department offers a wide range of services to patients with oral mucosal conditions, oral manifestations of systemic diseases and chronic orofacial pain. The post-holder will undertake general outpatient sessions along with supporting the well-established multi-disciplinary clinics.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment. As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends to ensure we continue to provide patient-centred care. This post will include provision for flexible working in the future if required in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Consultant contract
General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to Dr Esther Hullah, Clinical Lead in Oral Medicine, esther.hullah@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be accountable to Poonam Kalsi, Clinical Director of the Dental Directorate.
Main Place of Employment The post will be based in the Tower Wing of Guy’s Hospital. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.
Job Summary The post holders will be expected 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
- Contribute to the clinical supervision of undergraduates and assist in the delivery of courses throughout the BDS programme
- Participate in training and education of postgraduate students
- Contribute to the development and management of quality improvement projects and clinical audit within the department
- Ensure that referral to treatment times for patients comply with the requirements of the Department of Health
- Contribute to departmental clinical research
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Plan
The job plan is anticipated to contain up to 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week to be carried out on Guy’s & St Thomas’ sites and currently does not include on-call commitments. This is a sample programme and the post holder will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan, including personal and professional objectives with the Clinical Director within 3 months of the start date.
The job plan will be negotiated with the Clinical Lead. The job plan, based on a 10 PAs post is anticipated to be:
| Activity | Description | Number of PAs |
| Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care (DCC): | Outpatient clinics with associated patient administration | 9 |
| Supporting Programmed Activities (SPA): | Job planning, appraisal, continuing professional development, clinical governance, mandatory training, Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) induction/education | 1 |
| Total | 10 |
Sample Timetable
Final agreement on the timetable of commitments will be agreed on taking up the post.
| Type of Work | Time | Activity | |
| Monday | Supporting Professional Activities Outpatient clinic | 0830-1230 1330-1730 | SPA DCC |
| Tuesday | Outpatient clinic Clinical admin | 0830-1230 1330–1730 | DCC DCC |
| Wednesday | Outpatient clinic Outpatient clinic | 0830-1230 1330–1730 | DCC DCC |
| Thursday | Outpatient clinic Outpatient clinic | 0830-1230 1330–1730 | DCC DCC |
| Friday | Outpatient clinic Outpatient clinic | 0830-1330 1330-1730 | DCC DCC |
The appointee will not be required to participate in an on-call rota currently (Category A/B).
Meeting
- Monthly operational meeting, monthly consultant meetings, rolling programme of directorate meetings and other ad hoc meetings
- Quarterly clinical audit and governance meeting
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***
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.
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This advert is for Specialty Dentist in Oral Medicine with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Senior Dentist role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 per annum pro rata excl. LZ. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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