Locum Consultant in Special Care Dentistry

Locum Consultant in Special Care DentistryNHS Medical & Dental:
Locum Consultant

Main area Special Care Dentistry Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover until 19-10-2027) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (There is no on-call requirement for this post.) Job
-UCLH-8280

Site University College London Hospitals Town London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum + London Weighting Salary period Yearly Closing 12/08/2026 23:59 Interview date 18/08/2026

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The Department of Dental Medicine is delighted to invite applications for Locum Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at University College London Hospital. The post is for maternity leave cover for a period of 12 months. Successful applicants will join an established team providing a wide range of specialist care and postgraduate training. Applicants will be expected to have excellent communication skills, be able to build effective working relationships at all levels, and also have experience in postgraduate teaching and training.

The post-holder will be accountable to the Divisional Clinical Director and report to the Clinical Lead.

The appointee will be expected to:

• Provide a courteous and efficient special care service to all users
• Provide high quality dentistry for special care dentistry patients
• Provide high quality dentistry under sedation including inhalation and intravenous sedation
• Deliver the general outpatient Special Care Dental Service alongside other consultants
• Support the specialised pathways within the service including the Haematology Dental Service, head and neck cancer dental pathway and general anaesthetic pathway
• Deliver the clinical protocols for all patients undergoing special care dentistry to ensure that processes and procedures in place conform to local and national standards
• Undertake continued professional development and be aware of any new clinical developments in dentistry, and to regularly update his/her skills and clinical practice.
• Undertake teaching and training in special care dentistry for all levels of staff which will include clinicians, trainees as well as support staff
• Be a member of the Department of Dental Medicine and work in an integrated way with other members of the department;
• Share, with other consultants, clinical and administrative work, and the management and supervision of junior staff;

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

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