Consultant in Restorative Dentistry; Periodontal Service

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NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant

Main area Periodontology Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job  
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Site Birmingham Dental Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/07/2026 23:59 Interview date 05/08/2026

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.

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.

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.

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…