Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site University Dental Hospital Town Cardiff Salary £110,240 - £160,951 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2025 23:59
Consultant in Oral Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
Applications are invited for a full time Consultant in Oral Medicine within the University Dental Hospital at the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. This exciting post offers a rare opportunity to shape the strategy for Oral Medicine within the health board area.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services
Applicants must be on the General Dental Council Specialist list in Oral Medicine or within 6 months of completion of specialty training in Oral Medicine.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to and collaborate with advice to Cardiff University to help provide high quality education to undergraduates in the area of Oral Medicine
The University Hospital of Wales is a regional and national centre for a number of medical specialties and this role will include opportunities to support the development of networks where medicine and dentistry interface.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Boardis one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is“Caring for People, Keeping People Well”,and ourvision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiffand the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification within the supporting documentation.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Full Registration with the General Dental Council
* On Specialist Register for Oral Medicine or be eligible within six months of interview date
* Successful completion of an SAC approved training programme in Oral Medicine or within 6 months of completion
* Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exit Examination (ISFE) in Oral Medicine, or equivalent.
* MFDS/ MJDF
* Full Registration with the General Medical Council if dually qualified
* Other Relevant postgraduate qualifications in Oral Medicine or Medical leadership
Experience
* Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Oral Medicine patients including patients on systemic therapies for oromucosal conditions
Clinical Governance
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving clinical practice.
* Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance management
* Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation
* Lead role in delivery of quality improvement initiatives
Research
* Ability to critically appraise research
* Active Research Interests
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
* Publications / Presentations
* Research Experience relevant to Oral Medicine
Management
* Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process
* Evidence of effective leadership skills
* Evidence of management training
Teaching
* Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
* Experience in supervising undergraduates, dental core trainees, StRs and postgraduates
Personal Qualities
* Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
* Self-motivated and flexible approach to work
* Values aligned to those of the Health Board
* Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
When applying for this post, it is essential that you read the Job Description and/or Person Specification and use the 'Supporting information' space to demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Please note that only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this post.
If you are shortlisted for interview for this post, you will receive notification directly via the e-mail address you have provided on your application. Please ensure that you check regularly as any subsequent revisions to interview arrangements will be forwarded to you by this method.
Please ensure that you provide an e-mail address for each referee to avoid delays with the appointment process.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's Medical / Dental Workforce Department reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We therefore encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is committed to flexible working and equal opportunities across its medical and dental workforce. All medical and dental posts will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Cardiff and Vale UHB is a Smoke Free Health Board - smoking is banned across all of the UHB sites. Staff are therefore not able to smoke in the hospital grounds or on any other UHB premises.
Applications are welcomed from Welsh speaking candidates.
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 Dr Sandra Goncalves Job title Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine Email address GoncalvesS@cardiff.ac.uk Additional information
Professor Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam, Clinical Director, Sivarajasingam@cardiff.ac.uk
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