Job overview

The Department of Oral Surgery is seeking to appoint an appropriately qualified, enthusiastic individual to join their team. Applications are therefore invited for a substantive term full time Specialty Doctor in Oral Surgery at King’s College Hospital Dental Institute.

Clinical Services in Acute Dental Care and Oral Surgery are delivered in a multidisciplinary environment in partnership with Maxillofacial Surgery and Academic Oral Surgery (responsible for the undergraduate clinical teaching programme at Kings, for research and for some specialist clinical services). Other dental services at KCH, which facilitate the interdepartmental management of some patients, include Restorative Dentistry, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Special Care Dentistry and Oral Medicine. Diagnostic services are based primarily in the Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging and include ultrasonography, sialography and cone beam CT scanning.

Main duties of the job

1.    Together with the other clinical staff, to provide specialist secondary and tertiary Oral Surgery services for patients referred to the Oral Surgery department.  This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the effective functioning of the department.

2.    Responsible for the cover of periods of annual leave and short-term sickness of colleagues.

3.     Provide clinical supervision of junior dental staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

4.     Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

5.    Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Divisional management team.

6.    Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

7.    Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level. 

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.