Job summary
- Main area
- Orthodontics
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 7 sessions per week (0.7 WTE)
- Job ref
- 203-S1861
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- Dependant on experience
- Closing
- 29/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Locum Consultant Orthodontist
Locum Consultant
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust currently have limited availability of car parking spaces, as such are operating a waiting list for new starters joining the organisation.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified person to provide 12 months maternity leave cover and join our existing team of Consultant Orthodontists and therapists based at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, comprising Warwick and Stratford Hospitals. The service has brand new, modern facilities with five surgeries, radiology and a fully equipped dental lab on the Warwick Hospital site, and links with the Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery service in Coventry.
The service is provided across three sites at Warwick, Stratford upon Avon and Nuneaton. Clinics are predominantly provided at the main site in Warwick but there be occasions where clinics take place at the other sites.
Applicants must be on the General Dental Council specialist list in Orthodontics and expect to hold the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Orthodontics (or equivalent) by commencement date. A full person specification is available with the job pack.
For further information about the post or to arrange an informal visit please contact Mr Rognvald Linklater, Consultant Orthodontist, on 01926 495321 (ext 4924/8109) or Katy Brindley, Operational Manager 01926 495321 ext 8046.
Main duties of the job
The main activities of the orthodontic department are diagnosis/planning/treatment of severe and complex malocclusion including patients with clefts of the lip and/or palate, day-case GA and LA operating, and multi-disciplinary management of patients with skeletal deformity and/or complex restorative needs. Additionally, the department is involved in research and audit on an on-going basis.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Job Plan is subject to annual review, following the Appraisal Meeting. The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year, covering all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide an agreed schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support if any required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.
Person specification
Training Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC)
Desirable criteria
- Possession of Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, or equivalent
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
- Katy Brindley
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01926495321
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