Specialty Dentist

Applications are invited for the post of Speciality Dentist (SD) in Restorative Dentistry and Acute Dental Care.

Thispost will be split between the two departments with 60% of the proposed activity being within Restorative and 40% in Acute Dental Care.

Weare seeking a Specialty Dentist to come and join us at the Leeds Dental Institute.

Atthe Leeds Dental Institute, we work collaboratively across seven clinical services, including strong links with the University of Leeds to ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care.

We also provide care for our patients in our outreach locations based in Bradford and Chapel Allerton Hospital.

Our clinical services have a wealth of experience, and you will be working alongside our dedicated professionals, including our dental nurses and administration teams.

Ourstrong links with the University of Leeds allows us to provide high quality training to undergraduates, postgraduates, apprentice dental nurses, dental technicians and dental hygienists.

Wehave a fully equipped dental laboratory on the Leeds Dental Institute site, aswell as a 3D digital service

Restorative Dentistry and Acute Dental Care services to enable local and national waiting time targets to be met.

Tosupport the head and neck restorative oncology service, endodontic care, seeurgent patients, clinical treatment and supervision/tuition of undergraduate students and acute dental care

See Job description and person specification

Leeds Dental Institute (LDI)

The Dental Institute, established on 1 April 1992, integrated the Dental Hospital at Leeds and the University of Leeds, School of Dentistry.

The Dental Hospital is situated on the ground floor of the Worsley Medical and Dental building which also accommodates the Dental School, the Medical Schooland the University of Leeds Health Sciences Library. It is situated on the southern side of the University campus half a mile from the city centre. Since 2003, the LDI hasbeen undertaking a period of rapid expansion and transformation.

Outreach teaching clinics have been established in Bradford, Leeds and Hull. An ambitious refurbishment of the main LDIclinical areas was completed in 2012.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' membersof our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay o

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions

Key objectives of the post:

1. To work within consultant-led Restorative Dentistry and Acute Dental Care services for patients requiring treatment at the Leeds Dental Institute and to enable local and national waiting time targets to be met.

2. To support the head and neck restorative oncology service and will include, but is not limited to:

a. Conservative and endodontic management of compromised teeth in patients with a history of head and neck radiotherapy or those at risk of medication related osteonecrosis of the jaw, for example patients having IV infusions of bisphosphonates following breast cancer.

b. Supporting the dental assessment of patients prior to the management of head and neck cancer.

c. Support for patients requiring acuteendodontic interventions prior to treatment for head and neck cancer and those having acute problems during chemotherapy for other cancers.

d. Support the endodontic service within the department. This would involve endodonticprocedures following dental trauma, dentalanomaliesand other high priority groups.

e. Assessment and urgent treatment of patients referred for assessment of possible sepsis of dental origin and patients awaiting cardiac procedures.

3. Toprovide clinical treatment and supervision/tuition of undergraduate students in assessment…