Specialty Doctor - Special Care in London

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Employer type: NHS.

Site: King’s College Hospital.

Town: London.

Salary period: Yearly.

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.

The post will be based at King’s College Hospital Denmark Hill site and there is an opportunity to provide dental treatment at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

The proposed Job Plan is attached.

A definitive Job Plan would be agreed with the successful applicant.

As an employee of the Trust you will work in close co‑operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.

Integral to these responsibilities is the following

• The provision of a first‑class clinical service.
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London.
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies.
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans.
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Direct Clinical Care
• IV Sedation
• GA
• New patient assessment clinics
• Safeguarding Responsibilities
• Research and Job planning
• Support of research
• Clinical Governance
• Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.

The trust‑wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person‑centred, digitally‑enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Education and Qualification

• Full registration with the GDC.
• Experience in Special Care Dentistry.
• Name on Specialist Register for Special Care Dentistry on date of taking up appointment.
• One or more of the following qualifications: MSc FDS RCS, MFDS RCS, MSCD RCS (Ed), DSCD RCS (Eng).
• Training and Experience
• Experience in Special Care Dentistry.
• Evidence of CPD in the field of Special Care Dentistry.
• Experience of provision of dental treatment under general anaesthesia and all appropriate conscious sedation techniques.
• Experience in the dental management of medically compromised patients.
• Contribution to guidelines or protocols for delivering oral healthcare to patients that require special care dentistry.
• Management and Leadership
• Management skills and effective leadership for the NHS environment and specifically clinical service delivery.
• Familiar with current structure of NHS and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
• Audit and Quality Improvement
• Thorough understanding of principles of clinical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• Familiar with current structure of NHS and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
• 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.
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
• Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Legal Requirements

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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