Job overview

The post is for a full-time (10 PAs) fixed term Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery within the Oral Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Barts Health NHS Trust. This post will be based between the Royal London Dental Hospital in Whitechapel and Whipps Cross Hospital in Waltham Forest. Successful candidates may be asked to work at any Barts Health NHS Trust site.

The job entails meeting the demands of the Oral Surgery service, ensuring the quality of the service is maintained and supporting training of colleagues. The service runs a number of specialist multidisciplinary clinics with Orthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Haematology and Cardiology.

 Barts Health NHS Trust provides level 3 services receiving referrals from general dental practitioners, medical practitioners and the local community dental service. The department is responsible for education of undergraduate and postgraduate dental students and professionals complimentary to dentistry. It provides dental foundation training, specialist training and postgraduate education.   

Main duties of the job

The job description reflects the current situation and will be reviewed regularly in discussion with the post-holder and co-clinical leads depending on the needs of the service in line with the Hospital/Institute and unit’s goals.

 A job plan will be created in line with service needs and will be discussed with you upon appointment in post.  This post is for 10 PAs (programmed activities).

The Oral Surgery department provides treatment for adolescents and adults with level 3 dental services or those with complex medical or social history. Minor oral surgical procedures on children are also carried out in the day stay unit.  

The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic team and undertake new patient consultation clinics, treatment clinics including treatment lists commensurate with their experience and support with referral vetting. They will be involved in day-to-day service provision of the department and take on roles suitable to their level of experience.

They will also be expected to take an active role in teaching and training and participate in audit and supervision of postgraduates’ research projects. 

Working for our organisation

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.