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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric Dentistry
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (30th May 2027)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
40 hours per week (n/a)
Job ref
190-STH-26-069
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£65,048 n/a
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

LAS Dental Specialty Registrar (ST1-ST3) in Paediatric Dentistry

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint 2 enthusiastic individuals as LAS Specialty Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry. 

POST 1  LTFT 0.60 To begin ASAP until 31st December 2026

POST 2 Full-time To begin 1st June 2026 until 30th May 2027.

The successful candidates will be based at the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital and at Wheata Place Clinic. The post does not award a National Training Number.

As this post is not recognised as a ‘training post’, full registration with the GDC with a licence to practise is required.

Main duties of the job

 

The Department provides the full range of Paediatric Dentistry care as a major secondary and tertiary referral centre. This includes treatment of special needs children, anxious patients, and complex dental care for children and adolescents. Joint Clinics are held with Restorative Dentistry, Orthodontics, Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and as part of the Cleft Lip and Palate Team. Facilities exist for the provision of treatment under sedation and at the Children’s hospital comprehensive dental care under GA and exodontia.

There are close links with all Paediatric Medical and Surgical specialties based at Sheffield Children’s Hospitals

Working for our organisation

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire’s best known teaching hospitals.

The Royal Hallamshire Hospital

The Northern General Hospital

Charles Clifford Dental Hospital

Weston Park Cancer Hospital

Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital

The Trust has a history of high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research. We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

There is no on-call associated with this post.

The appointee will participate in the administration of the department as required. For example, this may involve attention to operating lists, organisation of teaching or day to day administration as required by the consultants and the service.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered with the GDC with a licence to practise
  • Basic Medical Degree – BDS
  • Completed DFT
  • • Completed Dental Core Training Year 2: Evidence by time of post commencement of satisfactory RCP outcome or programme completion/certification of UK DCT2/3 post or National Certificate of Dental Core Equivalence (NCDCE) at time of application
  • • Evidence that is on an NHS primary care organisation Performance List or able to meet requirements to do so
Desirable criteria
  • Other degrees/qualifications
  • Prizes and honours

Personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Good written communication skills

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of delivering a dental service for children
  • Experience of delivering inhalation sedation with relevant training
Desirable criteria
  • General practice and secondary care experience
  • Experience of Community Dental Services
  • Experience in more than one dental specialty

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Patient/parent management skills
  • Experience of diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Competent to work with minimal supervision
  • Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical/scientific approach
  • Good manual dexterity and hand/eye co-ordination
  • Basic life support skills
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of clinical risk management
  • Experience of managing medically compromised patients
  • Experience of dental trauma management
  • Surgical patient management

Teaching and training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and junior doctors

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
  • Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Management and Administration

Essential criteria
  • • Capacity to work effectively in a multi- disciplinary team

Personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
  • The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC’ good medical practice (2013).

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Fiona Gilchrist
Job title
Clinical Lead Paediatric Dentistry
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01142712463
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