Job Overview
Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry to work across the University Dental Hospital and the University Hospital Llandough within the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. This post offers a rare opportunity to shape the strategy for adult special care dental services across primary and secondary care, and to develop a ‘Community of Practice’ around Special Care Dentistry within the health board area.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful applicant will be expected to collaborate and advise Cardiff University to help provide high quality education to undergraduates in the areas of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry. The role also includes opportunities to support the development of networks where medicine and dentistry interface.
Working for Our Organisation
The role is part of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, one of the largest integrated health boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff and offering a wide range of specialist services.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Full job description and person specification available in supporting documentation.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential Criteria
* Full registration with the General Dental Council
* On Specialist Register for Special Care Dentistry or be eligible within six months of interview date
* Higher-level (postgraduate) qualification in Sedation and/or Special Care Dentistry (at Postgraduate Certificate level or above), or equivalent experience.
Desirable Criteria
* MFDS / MJDF
* Evidence of training or a postgraduate qualification in education or dental education
* Postgraduate Research Degree
* Completion of a recognised 3-year specialist training programme in Special Care Dentistry.
Experience
Essential Criteria
* Current experience with conscious sedation including transmucosal techniques.
* Ability to demonstrate clinical procedures at a specialist level, with an emphasis on Sedation and Special Care Dentistry.
* Evidence of up to date ILS training.
* Representation on national and UK sedation and/or special care dentistry groups.
* Demonstrable experience of service development and managing change.
Desirable Criteria
* Evidence of developing sedation and/or special care dentistry guidance and standards.
* Demonstrable knowledge of Value-based Healthcare.
* Experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
* Demonstrable leadership in conscious sedation and/or special care dentistry at national level.
Clinical Governance
Essential Criteria
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding the role of audit in improving clinical practice.
* Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance management.
* Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation.
Research
Essential Criteria
* Ability to critically appraise research.
* Active research interests.
Desirable Criteria
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication.
Management
Essential Criteria
* Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process.
* Good clinical leadership skills and an ability to develop effective clinical teams.
* Management of clinical services in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry.
Desirable Criteria
* Evidence of management training.
* An excellent understanding of primary care dentistry and system reform.
* Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
Teaching
Essential Criteria
* Evidence of teaching junior medical/dental students and junior staff.
Desirable Criteria
* Organisation of (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) teaching programmes.
Personal Qualities
Essential Criteria
* 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.
* Effective IT (computer) skills.
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