Job summary
* Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
* 10 sessions per week (multiple clinical locations across Coventry and Warwickshire)
* Permanent
* Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
* Closing Date: 17th January 2025
* Interview Date: TBC
* This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
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* A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties
* The Consultant/Specialist will be a highly regarded member of the community dental services senior management team. Active involvement with the West Midlands Paediatric Managed Clinical Network will be essential.
* The George Eliot Community Dental Services deliver specialist dental care across a varied geographic and socioeconomic area. The service operates within 4 hospitals and 6 health centres. Collaborative working and shared care arrangements are promoted to optimise patient experience and clinical effectiveness across service boundaries when necessary. Highly committed, enthusiastic and suitably experienced clinicians and nursing teams offer comprehensive paediatric care. Consultant level leadership and supervision will be integral to future success and service development.
Special Requirements
* The Consultant should ideally have some experience of working in community-based settings and the provision of comprehensive care under conscious sedation and general anaesthesia.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically‑led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.
* Effective Open Communication
* Excellence and safety in everything we do
* Challenge but support
* Expect respect and dignity
* Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits
On‑site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in‑house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on‑site parking.
Job details
* Date posted: 19 December 2025
* Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
* Grade: Consultant
* Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full‑time
* Reference number: 230-15425266‑SURG‑F
* Job location: George Eliot Hospital, College Street, Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ
Job responsibilities
* Development of paediatric specialist clinical capacity and services
* Deliver effective support, guidance, training and workforce development opportunities for clinical teams operating within the specialty within the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System
* Enable dental services to develop in line with recommendations of Commissioning Guidance for Paediatric Dentistry and GIRFT Community Dental Services
* Guide the dental management of medically compromised children and adolescents in the community and ensure essential local, regional and national links in support
* In conjunction with other Specialists within and out with the service, deliver, develop and enhance the provision of treatment under conscious sedation, general anaesthesia, dental trauma, and in residential and special school settings and others yet to be identified.
Person Specification
Essential:
* Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Paediatric patients
* Experience in the day to day clinical management of a Paediatric Dentistry service
* Ability to appraise scientific literature critically
Desirable:
* Experience in Community Dental Services settings
* Research qualification (e.g. MRes, PhD)
* Participation in clinical research
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential:
* Membership in Paediatric Dentistry Equivalent Possession of a CCST in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent for other European Economic Area (EEA)
* Possession of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent for other European Economic Area (EEA)
* All nationals, upon taking up post an NHS primary dental care performer number
* On the Paediatric Dentistry Specialist list with the United Kingdom General Dental Council
Desirable:
* Other Postgraduate qualification in Paediatric or equivalent specialty or teaching (e.g. MSc, Diploma, Doctorate)
Skills and Abilities
* Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
* Capacity to work effectively with others.
* Effectively supervise junior staff and other staff groups
* Deliver the highest quality evidence based patient care and service development
* Capacity to operate under pressure with initiative & resilience accommodating rapidly changing circumstances
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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 UK Visas and Immigration website.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
* George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
* George Eliot Hospital
* College Street
* Nuneaton
* CV10 7DJ
Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/
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