Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Transformationunitgm; Greater London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS hospital trust in London is seeking a full-time Consultant in Restorative Dentistry to enhance its dental services. The successful applicant will join a collaborative team and provide expert assessments and treatments for a diverse patient population. This role demands GDC registration and completion of a specialist training program. Modern facilities and opportunities for professional development are available, making it a vital position within the hospital's mission of high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Dedicated nursing and administrative support

Opportunities for publication and research

Postgraduate teaching involvement

Qualifications

• Must have full GDC registration before the appointment.
• Required to be on the GDC Specialist Register for Restorative Dentistry.
• Should have completed a SAC-approved training program.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and treatments for medically compromised patients.
• Access to modern equipment for restorative dental procedures.
• Participate in audit, clinical research, and postgraduate teaching.

Skills

Specialist care for patients

Multidisciplinary management

Clinical leadership

Postgraduate teaching

Critical appraisal of literature

Education

Full GDC Registration

Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Exit Exam in Restorative Dentistry

SAC-approved training program

Tools

Operating microscopes

Rotary endodontic instruments

Articulators

Job description

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Hospital Town London Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/01/2026 23:59

Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co‑located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

The Restorative Dental Department at St George’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full time (10 PAs) Consultant in Restorative Dentistry to join our friendly, progressive and collaborative multidisciplinary dental team.

This is a 1 WTE 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. The priority of the role is to support and continue to develop the Restorative Dental service at St George’s Hospital.

Applicants must be fully registered with the GDC, on the GDC Specialist Register in Restorative Dentistry, or must be accredited or be within 6 months of such accreditation at interview stage and have completed a SAC approved training programme.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to provide assessments and treatment for Hospital‑priority patients, ranging from some medically compromised patients requiring simple restorative care, to others will require complex restorative care. There will be access to modern equipment (operating microscopes, rotary endodontic instruments, articulators, sandblasters etc).

Dedicated nursing, administrative and secretarial support will be available. There are also specific new patient clinics for the dental assessment and treatment planning prior to stem cell transplants, IV bisphosphonates from other oncology teams within the hospital as well as head and neck cancer patients, with opportunity to provide treatment.

The Department runs a weekly Journal Club including critical appraisal of articles, case discussion and case presentations with ample opportunity to also be involved in audit, clinical research, presentations, and scientific publication. In addition, there will be the opportunity to partake in postgraduate teaching including hands‑on courses for local practitioners. There is a varied case mix and trainees, which offers teaching and training experience for more senior staff. The department is small and offers a ‘district general’ type experience with close working relationships between maxillofacial, orthodontics, paediatrics and restorative dentistry.

Working for our organisation

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom accommodating around 1000 beds and treating around 80,000 inpatient and day cases, and over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Trust employs over 6500 staff incorporating 675 Medical & Dental Staff. It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic, and specialist childrens services. A merger with Community Services Wandsworth took place in October 2010 providing integrated services in many areas. St George’s Hospital is the main teaching hospital in the western sector of the South Thames, and as such has developed links with most district general hospitals throughout South Thames West, and supports a significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details including proposed job plan. Please do contact us if you have any further questions regarding the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GDC Registration
• Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Exit Exam in Restorative Dentistry (ISFE), or equivalent; or within 6 months of expected date of achieving ISFE.
• Successful completion of an SAC‑approved training program

Experience

• High level skills and experience in specialist care for patients, with a wide range of skills in Restorative techniques
• Experience in the multidisciplinary management of patients
• Experience in clinical leadership and management of Restorative services
• Experience of audit and service evaluations
• Publications in peer reviewed journals
• Research experience

Management

• Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate

Teaching

• Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching

Research

• Able to contribute to change management
• Ability to critically appraise scientific literature.
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
• Ability to use evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Personal

• Able to work in a multi‑disciplinary team
• Able to work in partnership to deliver a patient‑centred service
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
• Demonstrates clarity in all communication with capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation. Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate.
• Manages and prioritises time, workload and information effectively. IT skills including Microsoft Office and Dental Patient Admin Systems
• Capacity to take in wider and individual perspectives. Adopt and represent Trust values.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Pre‑employment checks will include verification of identity and satisfactory written references, preferably from a professional work email address. Documentation will be scanned for authentication, including the machine readable zone, an ultraviolet image and an infrared image. At least one written reference from the current or most recent line manager is required and must come from a professional work email address.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.