Consultant Orthodontist
NHS Lanarkshire
An opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Orthodontist to join our well‑established and highly motivated NHS Lanarkshire Orthodontic team. The service aims to deliver high quality orthodontic care in a patient‑centred environment for complex and multidisciplinary cases. Applicants should be able to demonstrate exemplary interpersonal and communication skills.
NHS Lanarkshire is Scotland’s third largest health board and has 3 Acute Hospitals – University Hospital Hairmyres, University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Monklands. All services are currently working to design and realise new models of care for the replacement University Hospital Monklands which will be Scotland’s flagship digital hospital, to be built in 2031.
There is excellent nursing and technical support from our onsite Maxillofacial laboratories and there are opportunities to be involved in training.
Qualifications
Applicants should possess Membership in Orthodontics and have undertaken both an accredited 3‑year training pathway and hold or be within six months of obtaining the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Orthodontics. Inclusion on the General Dental Council Specialist List in Orthodontics is essential.
Professional Development & Duty
Proposals for additional SPA time from applicants are encouraged. In addition to the 1 PA for Non‑DCC/SPA activities, the Board is supportive of applications for additional SPA time from individuals with well‑developed ideas for improving services who are able to demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human factors training), medical education, research & development, acting as an appraiser, etc. Applicants who are able to demonstrate a commitment to any of the above or other areas and wishing to commence on more than 1 PA for SPA duties should discuss proposals with the identified Recruitment Lead and/or Service Manager who will consider the request in line with the successful candidate’s professional and service requirements.
The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.
Honorary status role holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role. They have access to all courses run by the IT services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT services.
Contact & Application
Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Marion Devers, Chief of Medicine, Dr Sanjiv Chohan, Clinical Director for Surgery, and Mrs Clare Kelly, Consultant Orthodontist. All can be contacted via the switchboard on 01236 748748.
For any application queries, please contact medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
Interviews are scheduled for: 05th May 2026.
Please follow the link below should you wish any further information on NHS Lanarkshire recruitment. NHS Lanarkshire recruitment pack – Consultant Orthodontist.
Additional Information for Applicants
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make‑up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care‑experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care‑experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parent’s/kinship carers or who have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points‑based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
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