Locum consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Locum consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

The closing date is 11 February 2026

The successful post holder will be appointed as a locum Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry to the sessions advertised and under the employment of the Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust.

The priority for this post is to support and maintain the Paediatric Dentistry Consultant Service for patients referred from hospital colleagues, general medical and dental practitioners, and colleagues across the region. Patients may also be referred from other tertiary care providers.

The Paediatric Dentistry Service at Birmingham Children's Hospital accepts referrals of children with complex comorbidities. The service provides paediatric dental support for all medical and surgical specialties including cardiology, inherited metabolic diseases, oncology and haematology.

In addition, the hospital is a designated regional and supra regional center for cleft, craniofacial surgery, cardiothoracic surgery (hypoplastic left heart syndrome), dermatology (epidermolysis bullosa), complex liver disease and liver transplantation, and is the national center for paediatric small bowel transplantation.

Well-established paediatric dental pathways exist within all these services.

• 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.
• Coordination of paediatric dental services with other secondary care providers.
• To provide dental treatment in an inpatient and outpatient setting
• To support multidisciplinary care for those patients attending Brimingham Children's Hospital
• To support the education and training of postgraduate dentists and doctors in training to include clinical supervision.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work.

Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Clinical duties

Provision of 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.

To develop and expand already established patient pathways across the region.

Provision of 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.

Provision of specialist care under inhalation sedation for children with behavioural problems and dental phobias.

To provide support to multidisciplinary teams where paediatric dentistry is already established as an integral component of care.

Provision of dental care under general anaesthesia for children with medical, mental, and physical special needs at Birmingham Childrens Hospital.

To continue to support those clinical services where there are existing relationships and arrangements.

Collaboration with paediatric maxillofacial surgery

Education and training

Provision of clinical supervision, education and training for Dental Nurses, Dental Therapists, post graduate dentists and doctors in training.

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.

To be involved in formal and informal teaching programmes established in the department supporting all members of the clinical team

Public health role

To work with Consultants in Dental Public Health in determining the…