Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Dentistry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (10 PA)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 196-MED4926
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross site Guys and St Thomas Hospital's
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum excl. LZ
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 08:00
- Interview date
- 25/09/2025
Employer heading
Specialty Dentist in Paediatric Dentistry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Paediatric Dentistry is seeking a full time (10PA) dentist to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team.
The post holder will be expected to show drive and initiative towards patient care, putting the patient first. They should have an interest in the specialty of Paediatric Dentistry and should ideally have some experience in the management of children in a hospital setting. They will be part of a team providing dental treatment under general anaesthesia, so previous experience in an operating theatre environment will be desirable. They should also be able to provide treatment under nitrous oxide inhalation sedation in an out-patient setting.
The post-holder will be located predominantly in the Dental Centre at St Thomas’ Hospital, attend the Dental Day Surgery Unit in the Dental Hospital at Guy’s, and interact with in-patient and out-patient paediatric services at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Main duties of the job
GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Specialty Dentist in Paediatric Dentistry
From: £61,542 - £99,216 p.a. excl. LZ
Full Time
Fixed Term 12 Months
An exciting opportunity to join our expanding team within the department of Paediatric Dentistry at GSTT.
The appointee will deliver a comprehensive Paediatric service for children. Applicants must have full GDC registration and experience in providing Paediatric dentistry for children.
The successful applicant will be expected to develop the department’s clinical services and take an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate training.
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London’s best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and have over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future.
Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.
Closing Date: Sunday 7th September 2025
Working for our organisation
The Trust includes St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s Hospital, Evelina London Children’s Hospital and both adult and children’s community services in Lambeth and Southwark. In 2021, the Trust merged with the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease.
We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, as well as specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiothoracic, women’s and children’s services, kidney care and orthopaedics. We have one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest A&E departments in London. See www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk for further details.
Our reputation for safe, high quality care is among the best in the UK and we strive to put patients at the heart of everything we do. ‘Barbara’s Story’ - a unique and moving staff training film to improve our care for patients with dementia - has been widely recognised as an example of best practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be accountable to Poonam Kalsi, Clinical Director of Dental Services.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
The post holder(s) must:
- Be dentally qualified.
- Have experience of paediatric dentistry at pre-specialist level.
- Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
The post holder(s) is expected to:
- Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
Performance Management
The post holder(s) is expected to:
- Work with dental, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Ensure clinical efficiency e.g. reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Optimise quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, improving patient experience
- Contribute to financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
- Optimise operational efficiency e.g. waiting list activity and demand management.
Medical Staff Management
The post holder(s) is expected to:
- Work with colleagues to ensure junior dentists’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
- Ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior dental staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas
- Participate in the recruitment of junior dental staff as and when required.
- Participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
- Be responsible for the annual appraisal of appropriate staff as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.
Governance
The post holder(s) is expected to:
- Review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
- Work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
- Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
- Ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior dental staff and updated on a regular basis.
- Keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
- Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Leadership and Team Working
The post holder(s) is expected to:
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
- Contribute to regular meetings of the specialty
- Resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Job Plan
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out at both Guy’s and St Thomas’ sites. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Lead within 2 weeks of your start date.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. The job plan will be negotiated between the clinician and the clinical director at least annually. The initial job plan for this post is planned to be:
Person specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential criteria
- BDS or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- FDS/MFDS/MJDF.
Professional / Statutory Registration
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full UK GDC registration and a Licence to Practise.
Desirable criteria
- On GDC/GMC Specialists List in Paediatric Dentistry, or within 6 months of achieving this.
- Successful completion of an approved training programme in or within 6 months
- MSc, MClin.Dent or equivalent within scope of Paediatric Dentistry
Academic Achievements
Essential criteria
- Publications
- Presentation Oral/Poster at relevant conference
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Dental Practice set out by the General Dental Council
- Diagnostic clinics for children in a hospital setting. Treatment of children with nitrous oxide inhalation sedation. Treatment of children under general anaesthesia
Skills / Knowledge / Ability
Essential criteria
- See patients as people, ability to empathise and work co-operatively with others in a multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of Research methods
- Able to diagnose children with a wide range of oral and dental disease. Be able to treat children requiring Level 3 care.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of understanding and possibly development of clinical guidelines.
Audit
Essential criteria
- Effective Participation in clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills required.
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS policies and procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Leading a quality improvement project / service redesign
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Apply evidence based practice to clinical care
- Experience of teaching and training junior medical staff
Desirable criteria
- Developing a teaching programme / teaching materials
- Research relevant to Paediatric Dentistry
Additional skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good verbal and communication skills
Leadership / Management skills
Essential criteria
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mina Vaidyanathan
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
We may not be able to speak to all candidates prior to shortlisting, but will be able to discuss the role with shortlisted candidates prior to an interview.
T: 02071884403
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