Job Overview

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.

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.