Job Description

The priority for this part time post is the assessment and treatment of high caries patients referred to Paediatric Dentistry at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation trust. The sessions will predominantly be based within the Dental Hospital but maybe also be within our community sites depending on the service needs.



The post is 0.6 WTE Specialty Dentist in Paediatric Dentistry. The contract will be with Birmingham Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and the post holder will be responsible to the Clinical Director. If appropriate the post holder will be recommended for an honorary contract with the University of Birmingham.



The timetable for this post is flexible and will be agreed to reflect service needs and the interests and expertise of the post holder. A timetable and job plan will be agreed between the incumbent and the Head of Service for Paediatric Dentistry. It may involve sessions across the dental hospital and the community sites depending on service need.



Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

The post involves:

The assessment of patients referred for caries management.



The provision of specialist care for the more complex cases that are referred to BCHC including the management of patients with dental trauma, congenital dental anomalies and children with behavioural problems, special needs and dental phobias.



The provision of care under sedation, primarily inhalation sedation, but with opportunities and facilities for treatment under intravenous sedation. The appointee may be involved in the supervision or teaching of junior members of staff



The post holder may be involved in the multidisciplinary clinics held in the department.



The post holder will be involved as appropriate, in the supervision and clinical training of staff within BCHC including dental pre-specialty and specialty trainees, dental therapists and dental nurses. There may be some involvement in the supervision of dental undergraduates and dental therapy undergraduates within BCHC.



The post holder is expected to participate in all aspects of Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Governance programmes and activities.



The post holder will be involved in regular appraisal and the identification of continuous professional development for which appropriate support will be given.



S ecretarial support and office space is provided.