Community Specialty Doctor in London

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Denmark Hill Town London Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum plus London Weighting pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/07/ :59

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.

We are looking for a part‑time specialty dentist (this is a new post) to work within Special Care Dentistry based at Kings College Hospital (Denmark Hill site) to provide dental treatment under sedation (intravenous and inhalation sedation) or local anaesthesia.

Treatment under general anaesthesia is provided on a weekly basis.

The post holder will be required to support the GA service.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high‑quality care service to patients including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
• Shared responsibility with other colleagues for covering periods of annual leave and short‑term sickness as detailed in your contract.
• Responsible for contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
• Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan.
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Fostering and developing projects to ensure that the momentum of post‑qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• Work with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
• Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Together with other colleagues, to provide a high‑quality care service to patients.

This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

• Shared responsibility with other colleagues for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short‑term sickness as detailed in your contract.
• Responsible for contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
• Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan.

This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Fostering and developing projects to ensure that the momentum of post‑qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• Work 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.
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
• Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence‑based practice and maintaining patient safety.
• GENERAL INFORMATION
• You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well‑being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post.
• You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training.
• You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
• You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• The postholder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.

These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training.

These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

• All employees must hold an NHS email account, which will be the Trust’s formal route for email communication.

You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.

• The Trust is committed to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a range of guidance and services to support them, including
• Local occupational health support
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of support for work and personal issues
• Proactive local organisational systems to support staff following a serious incident
• Availability of local initiatives and resources to promote workforce wellbeing
• Coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation
• This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive.

It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the postholder.

Person specification

Qualifications

• One or more of the following qualifications: MSc, FDS RCS, MFDS RCS, MSCD RCS (Ed), DSCD RCS (Eng)
• Training and Experience
• Experience in the dental management of medically compromised patients
• Experience of provision of dental treatment under general anaesthesia and all appropriate conscious sedation techniques.
• Contribution to guidelines or protocols for delivering oral healthcare to patients that require special care dentistry
• Research and Publications
• Experience of provision of dental treatment under general anaesthesia and all appropriate conscious sedation techniques.
• Personal Skills and Attributes
• Effective communicator, able to work in a close‑knit team and co‑operate with all dental, medical and paramedical staff. Flexible, able to cover colleagues’ absence
• Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

• Name Susana Mota Job title Service Delivery Manager - Special Care Dentistry Email address
• Telephone number
• If you have problems applying, contact

Address King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Jennie Lee House 2nd Floor Love Walk Lane SE5 8AD Telephone

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