Consultant in Oral Medicine

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

Applications are invited to apply for a 5 PA consultant post in Oral Medicine based on our King's College Hospital NHS Foundation sites: King's College Dental Institute, Denmark Hill and Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. The weekly job plan includes sessions in Oral Medicine outpatients' clinics, facial pain clinics and supervising specialist doctors in oral medicine, dental core trainees and providing specialist advice to other consultant colleagues in other dental disciplines.

Applicants must have a GDC registerable U.K. dental qualification or equivalent and be on the specialist list for oral medicine or be eligible within 6 months of the date of the interview.

• Dental Student Teaching
• Facial Pain clinics
• 2ww Clinics
• MDT
• Post-Graduate teaching
• Research and Innovation
• Clinical Governance

Detailed job description and main responsibilities include:

• Providing a high-quality care service to patients, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
• Providing clinical supervision of junior dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group's management team.
• Contributing to the Care Group's research interests in accordance with the Trust's R&D framework.
• Contributing to audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Taking an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group's Business Plan.
• Exercising professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
• Working in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
• Undertaking Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Complying with all Trust infection prevention and control policies.
• Preparing for and undertaking the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
• Contributing equally with other Consultant colleagues to Consultant led 7-day services.

• Name on Oral Medicine Specialist register or eligible within 6 months of the date of the interview.
• Higher Qualifications: Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination (ISFE) in Oral Medicine or equivalent at the Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent.
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MSc, PhD or equivalent).
• Certification in Teaching.

• Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC)/ General Medical Council.
• Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.

• Successful completion of an SAC approved training programme in Oral Medicine, or within six months of completion, or equivalent.

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of clinical oral medicine services in a busy Teaching Hospital.
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Management course and/or qualification.

• Thorough understanding of principles of clinical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• Experience of clinical research.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of oral medicine.

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
• Teaching skills course/qualification.

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.