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Job summary

Main area
Oral Surgery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term 12 months)
Hours
40 hours per week (Full time)
Job ref
196-MED4883
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£59,175 - £95,400 per annum excl. LZ
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/07/2025 08:00

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

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.



Job overview

GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Dentistry

Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery

From £59,175 - £95,400  p.a. excl. LZ

Full Time - 40 hours per week

Fixed Term - 12 months

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity to join our expanding team within the department of Oral Surgery at Guys Hospital.

Applicants are invited for multiple fixed term full/part time posts in Oral Surgery 

The appointees will deliver a comprehensive Oral Surgery service for adult patients. Applicants must have full GDC registration and experience in providing Oral Surgery dentistry for adult patients.

The successful applicants will be expected to develop the department’s clinical services and take an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate training.

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London’s best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and have over 2 million patient contacts a year.  Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.   

Working for our organisation

You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.  This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends.  We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future.  As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

·             To provide service in Oral Surgery at GSTFT in accordance with Trust guidelines and strategy of both GSTFT and strategy of KCL Dental Institute

·                To assist in service delivery planning and service management.

·                To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care 

·                To take an active part in KCL undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training

 

Person specification

Qualifications / Education

Essential criteria
  • BDS or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
  • FDS/MFDS/MJDF.

Professional / Statutory Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration with UK GDC

Academic Achievements

Essential criteria
  • Publications
  • Presentation Oral/Poster at relevant conference
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of publications in refereed journals
  • Research relevant to Oral Surgery

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Dental Practice set out by the General Dental Council
  • Extensive experience in Oral Surgery
  • Research relevant to OS
  • Evidence of a focused personal development and research plan
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of treatment of facial pain and TMJ

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

Essential criteria
  • See patients as people, ability to empathise and work co-operatively with others in a multidisciplinary team
  • Knowledge of Research methods
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of understanding and possibly development of clinical guidelines.

Audit

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in quality improvement project
Desirable criteria
  • Leading a quality improvement project / service redesign

Teaching Experience

Essential criteria
  • Teaching undergraduate dental students
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching postgraduate dental students
  • Developing a teaching programme / teaching materials

Additional skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good verbal and communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chris Sproat
Job title
Oral Surgery Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071884342
Additional information

Closing date: Friday 11th July 2025 at 08:00am 

Interested candidates are advised to contact Chris Sproat - Clinical Lead for Oral Surgery on 0207 188 4342 or email [email protected]  [email protected] to discuss the role.

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