Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
Accepting applications until: 27-Aug-2026 09:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 27-Aug-2026 09:00
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Cross Site
- Cyfeiriad
- Westminster Bridge Rd, London
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 0.7 session per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £113,565 - £150,569 pro rota p.a. excl. LZ
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Paediatric Dentistry
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 17/09/2026
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide
Paediatric Dentistry
Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
From £99,532 - £131,964 p.a. excl. LZ
Part Time – 7 PAs
The Department of Paediatric Dentistry at GSTT is seeking to appoint to a full-time (7 PAs) Consultant Paediatric Dentist posts to join an enthusiastic and forward thinking team.
Applicants must be fully registered with the GDC and on the GDC Specialist Register in Paediatric Dentistry, FDS/MFDS or equivalent, be accredited or within six months of such accreditation at interview stage and have completed a SAC approved training programme or equivalent..
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.
Successful Applicants will be invited to a interview, which will take place on the 17th of September 2026.
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- To provide a Consultant-led specialist oral health care service for Paediatric Dentistry
- 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 paediatric patients requiring specialist services under local anaesthetic (± sedation) and general anaesthesia
- To manage the waiting lists appropriately for patients requiring oral rehabilitation under general anaesthesia
- To co-ordinate the care of patients requiring oral rehabilitation under general anaesthesia and ensure that there is appropriate involvement of the relevant team members in the planning of these cases pre- and post-operatively.
- To play an active role in the clinical supervision, training and education of junior staff including DFY2s, CDTs and StRs
- To participate in training and education of postgraduates
- To contribute to the development and management of clinical services
- To help ensure that referral to treatment times for patients comply with the requirements of the Department of Health.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Clinical:
The post holder will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Paediatric Dentistry services for Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
- Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be dentally qualified and maintain GDC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
- Clinical research undertaken as part of the trust research and development programme will be allocated specific time in a consultant’s job plan. Consideration will be given to the support required for any research agreed as part of the job plan.
- To provide high quality teaching to dental postgraduates and / or undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
- To act as educational / clinical supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training posts.
Performance Management
To work with dental, medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Dental Staff Management
- To work with colleagues to ensure junior dentists’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
- To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior dental staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
- To participate in the recruitment of junior dental staff as and when required.
- To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
- To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all dentists in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.
Governance
- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
- To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
- Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
- To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior dental staff and updated on a regular basis.
- To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
- To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
- To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Professional Qualification
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Eligible for full UK GDC registration and a Licence to Practise
- On GDC Specialist List in Paediatric Dentistry or within six months of attaining CCST
- Possession of a Certificate of Accreditation or eligibility for a CCST in Paediatric Dentistry
Meini prawf dymunol
- Membership in Paediatric Dentistry, or equivalent
- Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, or equivalent
- Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exit Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent before commencing post
Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Successful completion of an SAC-approved 2 year minimum training programme in a Fixed Term Training Appointment (FTTA) in Paediatric Dentistry, or within 6 months of completion, or equivalent which follows on from the pre-CCST training period of 3 years, or equivalent.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Successful completion of an SAC-approved 3 year minimum training programme in Paediatric Dentistry
Clinical Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Clinical experience expected of a consultant in Paediatric Dentistry.
Clinical Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Full range of skills expected of a consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, including sedation skills. Work independently. Team skills.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Sedation skills
Audit Managment and IT
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Effective participation in audit and a definite track record of clinical governance.
- Management of clinical services and IT skills required.
- Understanding of principles of audit.
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Define track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Meini prawf dymunol
- Publications in refereed journals
- Research relevant to Paediatric Dentistry
Communication
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
Leadership / Management skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
- Knowledge of finance and budgets.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Miss Mina Vaidyanathan
- Teitl y swydd
- Clincial Lead in Paediatric Dentistry
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07808760824
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
We may not be able to speak to all candidates prior to shortlisting, but will be able to discuss the role with shortlisted candidates prior to an interview.
Mobile: 07808760824
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