Locum consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Overview

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 and provides paediatric dental support for all medical and surgical specialties including cardiology, inherited metabolic diseases, oncology and haematology. 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 Birmingham 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 neonatal 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.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Sarah Mc Kaig

Job title:

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
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