Locum consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Overview

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Co-ordination of the Paediatric Dentistry Services within the Children's Hospital, working in close liaison with NHS Consultants Sarah McKaig, Ajit Tanday and Alison James.

• Coordinate paediatric dental services with other secondary care providers.
• Provide dental treatment in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Support multidisciplinary care for those patients attending Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
• Support the education and training of postgraduate dentists and doctors in training to include clinical supervision.
• Provide a Paediatric Dentistry consultant service for patients referred from hospital colleagues, general medical and dental practitioners, and the community dental services across the region and Birmingham Dental Hospital.
• Develop and expand already established patient pathways across the region.
• Provide a treatment service for the more complex cases that are referred, working in close liaison with medical, surgical, and dental colleagues to provide an integrated service.
• Provide specialist care under inhalation sedation for children with behavioural problems and dental phobias.
• Provide support to multidisciplinary teams where paediatric dentistry is already established as an integral component of care.
• Provide dental care under general anaesthesia for children with medical, mental, and physical special needs at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
• Continue to support those clinical services where there are existing relationships and arrangements.
• Collaborate with paediatric maxillofacial surgery.
• Participation in postgraduate training across West and East Midlands under the guidance of training programme director Laura Smart.
• Participation in undergraduate training in conjunction with The University of Birmingham School of Dentistry for those involved in the dental care of children.
• Be involved in formal and informal teaching programmes established in the department supporting all members of the clinical team.
• Work with Consultants in Dental Public Health in determining the needs and demands of the resident population with respect to dental care.
• Support and develop strategies to reduce oral health inequalities.
• Become a member of the Managed Clinical Network in Paediatric Dentistry for the West Midlands.
• Managerially and financially account to the Chief Medical Officer Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust for the delivery and quality of services.
• Coordinate and develop clinical services within the Trust’s Service and Financial Framework, and in line with the Trust’s clinical strategy and clinical governance framework.
• Contribute to national and regional NHS based committees, for example – education, research, audit, examinations, and conferences – subject to the availability of appropriate time within the job planning process and by mutual agreement.
• Be personally involved in research; work in national and international collaborative research programmes as opportunities arise.
• Lead and/or play an active part in national, regional sub‑regional and departmental audit.
• Liaise with other providers of paediatric dental care in audit projects and to foster a commitment to evidence‑based practice.
• Encourage development of special clinical interests which forward knowledge of the discipline or patient care within current financial constraints.

• Successfully completed an accredited specialist training programme in paediatric dentistry or equivalent.
• Be registered as a Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry with the General Dental Council.
• Require considerable flexibility and a wide range of management skills to meet the many challenges of developing and coordinating paediatric dental services.

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