Job Description

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
10 sessions per week (multiple clinical locations across Coventry and Warwickshire)
Permanent
Salary: 109,725 - 145,478 per annum
Closing Date: 17th January 2025
Interview Date: TBC
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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust (GEH) is an integrated acute, community and primary care service provider comprising George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, and Community Dental Services for Coventry and Warwickshire and the Urgent Care Centre based at GEH. Community Dental Services sit within the Directorate of planned care and are based within 4 hospitals and 6 health centres. Dental services are also delivered on a domiciliary basis when necessary.
Purpose

• This is a new post and is subject to the Terms and Conditions of service governing the appointment of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff in England and Wales, or as subsequently varied by agreement.

Main duties of the job

• The Consultant/Specialist will be a highly regarded member of the community dental services senior management team. Active involvement with the West Midlands Paediatric Managed Clinical Network will be essential.
• The George Eliot Community Dental Services deliver specialist dental care across a varied geographic and socioeconomic area. The service operates within 4 hospitals and 6 health centres. Collaborative working and shared care arrangements are promoted to optimise patient experience and clinical effectiveness across service boundaries when necessary. Highly committed, enthusiastic and suitably experienced clinicians and nursing teams offer comprehensive paediatric care. Consultant level leadership and supervision will be integral to future success and service development.

Special Requirements

• The Consultant should ideally have some experience of working in community-based settings and the provision of comprehensive care under conscious sedation and general anaesthesia.

About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme
Details
Date posted
19 December 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
109,725 to 145,478 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
230-15425266-SURG-F
Job locations
George Eliot Hospital
College Street
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
Job description
Job responsibilities

• Development of paediatric specialist clinical capacity and services
• Deliver effective support, guidance, training and workforce development opportunities for clinical teams operating within the specialty within the Coventry and Warwickshire ICS
• Enable dental services to develop in line with recommendations of Commissioning Guidance for Paediatric Dentistry and GIRFT Community Dental Services
• Guide the dental management of medically compromised children and adolescents in the community and ensure essential local, regional and national links in support
• In conjunction with other Specialists within and out with the service, deliver, develop and enhance the provision of treatment under conscious sedation, general anaesthesia, dental trauma, and in residential and special school settings and others yet to be identified.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached. Job description
Job responsibilities

• Development of paediatric specialist clinical capacity and services
• Deliver effective support, guidance, training and workforce development opportunities for clinical teams operating within the specialty within the Coventry and Warwickshire ICS
• Enable dental services to develop in line with recommendations of Commissioning Guidance for Paediatric Dentistry and GIRFT Community Dental Services
• Guide the dental management of medically compromised children and adolescents in the community and ensure essential local, regional and national links in support
• In conjunction with other Specialists within and out with the service, deliver, develop and enhance the provision of treatment under conscious sedation, general anaesthesia, dental trauma, and in residential and special school settings and others yet to be identified.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Paediatric patients
• Experience in the day to day clinical management of a Paediatric Dentistry service
• Ability to appraise scientific literature critically

Desirable

• Experience in Community Dental Services settings
• Research qualification (e.g. MRes, PhD)
• Participation in clinical research

Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential

• Membership in Paediatric Dentistry Equivalent Possession of a CCST in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent for other European Economic Area (EEA)
• Possession of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent for other European Economic Area (EEA)
• All nationals, upon taking up post an NHS primary dental care performer number
• On the Paediatric Dentistry Specialist list with the United Kingdom General Dental Council

Desirable

• Other Postgraduate qualification in Paediatric or equivalent specialty or teaching (e.g. MSc , Diploma, Doctorate}

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
• Capacity to work effectively with others.
• Effectively supervise junior staff and other staff groups
• Deliver the highest quality evidence based patient care and service development
• Capacity to operate under pressure with initiative & resilience accommodating rapidly changing circumstances

Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Experience in the multidisciplinary management of Paediatric patients
• Experience in the day to day clinical management of a Paediatric Dentistry service
• Ability to appraise scientific literature critically

Desirable

• Experience in Community Dental Services settings
• Research qualification (e.g. MRes, PhD)
• Participation in clinical research

Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential

• Membership in Paediatric Dentistry Equivalent Possession of a CCST in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent for other European Economic Area (EEA)
• Possession of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Paediatric Dentistry or equivalent for other European Economic Area (EEA)
• All nationals, upon taking up post an NHS primary dental care performer number
• On the Paediatric Dentistry Specialist list with the United Kingdom General Dental Council

Desirable

• Other Postgraduate qualification in Paediatric or equivalent specialty or teaching (e.g. MSc , Diploma, Doctorate}

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
• Capacity to work effectively with others.
• Effectively supervise junior staff and other staff groups
• Deliver the highest quality evidence based patient care and service development
• Capacity to operate under pressure with initiative & resilience accommodating rapidly changing circumstances

Skills Required