Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week (0.8 FTE)
- Job ref
- 387-S-6215-AFR-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Dental Hospital
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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Job overview
Do you have experience in Oral Surgery?
Are you interested in working with a supportive team to provide care to our patients?
There are 8 clinical sessions available within the department of Oral Surgery at the Bristol Dental Hospital.
The post-holder will be expected to provide clinical care to patients withing the scope of Oral Surgery in a specialist referral service.
Main duties of the job
- Triaging of referrals
- Consultation clinics with new and existing patients
- Local anaesthetic lists
- Conscious sedation lists (depending on Training)
- Paediatric GA lists (depending on Training)
- Emergency Dental Service
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed Job Description, please refer to the list of attached documents where you can find the "Job Description" document.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the scope of a specialist Oral Surgery service
- Experience in managing oral surgery patients including dental emergencies
- Evidence of generic clinical skills and potential to develop
- Experience of participation in clinical audit and quality improvement
Skills
Essential criteria
- Fitness to practise safely including evidence of professional development
- Capacity & motivation to take responsibility for own actions
- Capacity & motivation to learn from experience and continuously update skills and knowledge
- Capacity & motivation to take in others' perspectives & to treat others with understanding
- Capacity to adjust behaviour & language as appropriate to needs of differing situations
- Meets professional health requirements (in line with GDC standards/Good Medical Practice)
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery (or equivalent) with a minimum of 4 years post qualification experience
- Full UK GDC registration
- UK Vocational or Foundation training (or equivalent)
- Dental Core Training (or equivalent) including experience in oral surgery
Desirable criteria
- NHS secondary care Oral Surgery experience
- Dental Sedation Qualification
- Other postgraduate training
- Prizes/Awards/Distinctions
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Teamworker
- Punctual and reliable
- Inclusive
- Flexible approach to work
- Personal coping strategies
- Aware of own and other's wellbeing
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Kelsall
- Job title
- Assistant General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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