Specialty Doctor - Endo Dental

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. 

The post holder will work under the direction of the consultants in the restorative division, primarily based in the Endodontic Department and will be directly responsible to the Clinical Director. The post holder will be expected to:

Clinical
•    Provide a courteous and efficient service to all users by actioning all enquiries & queries accurately and promptly thus enabling patients, referrers and clinicians needs to be met/exceeded
•    Provide high quality specialist care for patients seen and treated
•    Deliver the clinical protocols for all patients undergoing endodontic treatment to ensure that processes and procedures in place conform to local and national standards
•    Participate in supervision of postgraduate trainees at masters and MClinDent level, as well as specialty registrars in restorative dentistry if and when necessary
•    Undertake continued professional development and be aware of any new clinical developments in dentistry, and to regularly update his/her skills and clinical practice.

Quality Assurance & Safety

•    Ensure that all notes are written legibly with the details of procedures
•    Conform to the incident reporting guidelines
•    Deliver the patient output to ensure that 18 week targets are met
•    Maintain high standards of clinical note keeping.
•    Contribute to clinical audit/clinical governance and undertake clinical audit projects 
•    Contribute towards developing, monitoring and reviewing the service including preparing reports as required.
•    Undertake any training necessary to fulfil duties of the post including mandatory training such as basic life support, hand washing, fire training and data protection.
•    Help investigate any complaints in line with Trust policies

Administrative

•    Deal with complaints efficiently and effectively in line with Trust guidelines
•    Attend all departmental/divisional and hospital meetings
•    Ensure all patient related correspondence is sent to patients in a timely manner
•    Produce effective communication with all users of the service including referrers 

General

•    To adhere to the UCLH service commitment "Putting Patients First" and adopt a professional approach to patient care at all times.
•    To comply with the Trust’s equal opportunities policy and treat staff, patients, colleagues and potential employees with dignity and respect at all times.
•    To take personal responsibility for promoting a safe environment and safe patient care by identifying areas of risk and following the Incident, serious incidents and near misses reporting policy and procedure.
•    Will participate in annual appraisal and job planning. The latter is a separate process to the appraisal. 
•    To take personal responsibility for ensuring that UCLH resources are used efficiently and with minimum wastage and to comply with the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs).
•    To comply with Trust policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI); this includes a requirement for rigorous and consistent compliance with trust policies for hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and safe disposal of sharps.  
•    To be aware of and adhere to all trust policies and procedures, the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Data Protection Act.
•    To maintain confidentiality at all times.