Consultant in Endodontic

Job summary
The Endodontic Service is seeking a substantive part-time (4 PA) Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. The department is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

The post will be based at Guy's Hospital at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment. As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.

Main duties of the job

• To provide clinical leadership in Endodontics for GSTFT.
• To provide service in Endodontics at GSTFT in accordance with Trust guidelines and strategy of both GSTFT and strategy of KCL FoDOCS.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
• To fully engage with the non-clinical management and administrative duties expected of an NHS endodontic consultant
• To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.

About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job responsibilities
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
The post holder must be dentally qualified and maintain GDC specialist registration in Endodontics and be GDC registered, or be within 6 months of eligibility for inclusion to the specialist list.

To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, Teaching and Training
The post holder must be able to:

Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

Provide high quality teaching to dental undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.

Act as educational supervisor and appraiser, once suitably trained as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.

Performance Management
The post holder must:

Work with dental, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

Maintain clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.

Meet quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.

Participate in financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.

Help to improve operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

Staff Management
The post holder must:

Work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.

Ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior clinical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments.

Participate in the recruitment of junior staff as and when required.

Participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.

Be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.

Governance
The post holder must:

Review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.

Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.

Work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.

Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.

Ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior clinical staff and updated on a regular basis.

Keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.

Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Strategy and Business Planning
The post holder must:

Participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.

Represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.

Leadership and Team Working
The post holder must:

Demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.

Work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.

Chair regular meetings for the specialties.

Resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.

Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential

• Full GDC registration
• Registered specialist in Endodontics
• CCST in Endodontics or within 6 months of CCST.

Desirable

• Higher academic degree related to Restorative Dentistry, such as a MSc, PhD etc
• One, or more of the following or equivalent qualifications: FDS RCS MFDS RCS

Clinical Experience and Skills
Essential

• Experience / training such that the applicant has reached at least the standard considered equivalent to that expected 3 years of full time specialist training in Endodontics.
• Experience in the multi-disciplinary management of patients.
• Able to manage patients with advanced needs, which interface with other disciplines e.g. head and neck cancer patients requiring endodontic treatment.
• Be able to treat patients with advanced needs within endodontics.

Desirable

• Level 2 CBCT trained - able to prescribe, justify, interpret and report on CBCT scans for endodontics.
• Experience within the field of digital endodontics.

Audit Managment & IT
Essential

• An understanding of clinical governance and risk management in the secondary care setting
• Management skills and effective leadership for the NHS environment and specifically clinical service delivery
• Effective participation in audit including implementation of outcomes
• Appropriate IT skills

Research / Teaching Skill & Experience
Essential

• Experience of organisation and clinical supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching in endodontics.
• Able to appraise the scientific literature critically
• Able to apply evidenced based practice to clinical care
• Knowledge of research ethics

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching courses and or teaching qualifications
• Evidence of publications in refereed journals
• Experience of undertaking and organising clinical research.
• Presentations at national research meetings

Leadership & Management Skills
Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Knowledge and experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
• Knowledge of finance and budgets and current NHS and academic funding streams relevant to Dentistry

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.