Speciality Dentist - Paediatric Dentistry

Job summary

Your job plan is anticipated to contain4 Programmed Activitiesper 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.