Locum Consultant Orthodontist

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The closing date is 29 August 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified person to provide 12 months maternity leave cover and join our existing team of Consultant Orthodontists and therapists based at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, comprising Warwick and Stratford Hospitals. The service has brand new, modern facilities with five surgeries, radiology and a fully equipped dental lab on the Warwick Hospital site, and links with the Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery service in Coventry.

The service is provided across three sites at Warwick, Stratford upon Avon and Nuneaton. Clinics are predominantly provided at the main site in Warwick but there be occasions where clinics take place at the other sites.

Applicants must be on the General Dental Council specialist list in Orthodontics and expect to hold the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in Orthodontics (or equivalent) by commencement date. A full person specification is available with the job pack.

For further information about the post or to arrange an informal visit please contact Mr Rognvald Linklater, Consultant Orthodontist, on (ext 4924/8109) or Katy Brindley, Operational Manager ext 8046.

Main duties of the job

The main activities of the orthodontic department are diagnosis/planning/treatment of severe and complex malocclusion including patients with clefts of the lip and/or palate, day-case GA and LA operating, and multi-disciplinary management of patients with skeletal deformity and/or complex restorative needs. Additionally, the department is involved in research and audit on an on-going basis.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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Job responsibilities

The Job Plan is subject to annual review, following the Appraisal Meeting. The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year, covering all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide an agreed schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support if any required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

Person Specification Training Qualifications

• Full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council (GDC)
• Possession of Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

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Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

203-S1861

Job locations

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust