Consultant in Restorative Dentistry (Periodontal Service)

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Consultant in Restorative Dentistry (Periodontal Service) NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Periodontology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 896-DEN

Site Birmingham Dental Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/07/:59 Interview date 05/08/2026

Job overview An opportunity has arisen for a substantive post as a Restorative Dentistry Consultant based in the Periodontal Department at Birmingham Dental Hospital.

This post is full time (10 sessions) and will be 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. The appointment will be under the employment of the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job The post holder will be involved in new patient consultant led diagnostic and treatment planning clinics.

They will also manage a number of level 3 specialist periodontal and implant failure cases that are currently under treatment at the Dental Hospital.

The post holder will be responsible to Paul Weston, Consultant in Periodontology, who has managerial responsibility for the periodontal service.

The post holder will be expected to give advice and assistance to members of the junior dental staff in training and Specialty Dentists within the Department as the need arises.

The post holder will be expected to contribute 1 DCC session to undergraduate teaching as directed by the BDS programme lead.

Working for our organisation The Birmingham Dental Hospital is an undergraduate and postgraduate dental teaching hospital that shares purpose built accommodation with the School of Dentistry of the University of Birmingham. It is sited at 5 Mill Pool Way, Birmingham, B5 7EG. The Dental Hospital provides an outpatient and day case service with approximately 130,000 patient attendances per annum.

All dental specialties are represented within the hospital building by Consultant clinics and/or university teaching departments. Excellent liaison exists with clinical and laboratory departments associated with the main medical teaching hospitals in Birmingham. A comprehensive range of investigative and reporting services are available.

Birmingham Dental Hospital and the Combined Community Dental Services together form the Dental Services Division within the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is currently one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country. The organisation was one of the first Community Foundation Trusts.

The ethos for the Dental Division is that it should be clinically led and managerially supported. Within this new structure Birmingham Dental Hospital is a discrete service within the Dental Services Division, headed up by a Divisional Director, Divisional Medical Director and an Associate Director - Nursing/Therapy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post will be based at Birmingham Dental Hospital, which constitutes the Dental Services Directorate of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

The post holder will provide appropriate specialist Periodontal care at Birmingham Dental Hospital. Some ad hoc clinical activities may take place in local acute Trusts by prior arrangement and planning.

Bearing in mind the training needs of junior staff within the Dental Hospital, only those patients with clinical needs requiring the expert skill levels of a Consultant will be expected to be treated directly by the Consultant rather than by junior staff under supervision.

The Consultant will be involved, as appropriate, in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education, in addition to the training of junior hospital staff and will contribute to the training programme for Specialty Registrars. There are currently two NHS Specialty Registrars, two honorary StRs and one Academic Clinical Lecturer (ACL) in Restorative Dentistry in training programmes. An appropriate Honorary Contract will be sought from the University.

The incumbent of the post will work within their scope of practice and liaise with Consultants in other services on multi disciplinary cases. This evolution will be planned in association with the Head of the Periodontal Service and the Clinical Director of the Dental Services.

The post holder will be expected to develop a close working relationship with all colleagues in associated dental and medical specialties.

The post holder is responsible for fully complying with the Trust Control of Infection and Health and Safety Policies, bringing any matters of concern to the Line Manager.

The appointee will be required to agree a job plan with the Divisional Medical Director on commencement of the post.

The sessional commitment each week, in respect of a 1 FTE consultant post, will normally be expected to be 7.5 Direct Clinical Care sessions, one of which is an undergraduate teaching session and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities. The exact timetable and distribution of these programmed activities will be subject to negotiation and agreement with the Divisional Medical Director of the Dental Hospital and will be influenced by service needs.

There will be no on call commitment.

A condition of the award of this post will be that all clinical duties will operate within the existing financial constraints of NHS budgets generated from contract income. Thus the development of special clinical interests of the appointee will only proceed on the basis of appropriate funding being available and by agreement with the Clinical Lead. Clinical duties will develop therefore within the framework of Birmingham Community Healthcare Policy and the consequences of the developing workload will be kept under scrutiny.

The post holder will be managerially accountable to the Divisional Medical Director for the delivery of all aspects of the Dental Hospital service contracts as they affect the NHS specialty. The appointee will be expected to work in collaboration with the Head of Service for Periodontology on all hospital departmental matters. Appropriate office space, IT and secretarial support will be provided.

The appointee will be expected to participate in clinical audit at Birmingham Dental Hospital and to contribute to the Clinical Governance Programme which has been implemented. He/she will be expected to attend and contribute to the regular Service senior team meetings, and to chair such meetings from time to time.

Consultants will have their performance and job plan regularly reviewed by the Clinical Lead through the appraisal process. Arrangements for the appraisal process for senior medical and dental staff within the Trust are the responsibility of the Medical Director who issues guidance in line with national model recommendations.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more detailed information in regards to this post.

Person specification Qualifications / Training

• Fully registered with General Dental Council (GDC).
• The post holder should have completed at least five years' full time postgraduate specialty training (or its equivalent gained on a part time basis) with periodontal care being a major component of that training programme; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
• Inclusion in GDC Specialist List for Restorative Dentistry.
• Inclusion in GDC Specialist List for Periodontology.
• Fellowship in Dental Surgery, MFDS or equivalent.
• MClinDent or MSc in Periodontology.

Experience / Skills

• Experience of teaching undergraduate students clinically.
• Experience of Postgraduate teaching and assessment.
• Dental Teaching Hospital post.
• Clinical Audit experience.
• Experience of clinical research.
• Postgraduate research qualification.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous publications in high impact journals e.g. J Clin Periodontology.
• Formal presentation of papers or research.
• Experience of writing systematic reviews.

Motivation and Disposition

• Good patient management and inter personal skills.
• Ability to work in team situation.
• Capacity for critical self appraisal.
• Interest in teaching.
• Interest in research.
• High motivation.
• Strong disposition to team working.

Other job requirements

• Appropriate Health Clearance by Occupational Health Department.
• Satisfactory DBS.

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non clinical roles and Band 3 Non Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list - will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All non clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 7 - 9) that meet the prescribed skill level (RQF 6) and salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.

The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
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