Speciality Doctor in Oral medicine and Facial pain

Job summary

Applications are invited for a substantive Specialty Dentist post in Oral medicine at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, part of the Specialist Hospitals Board of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The post sits within the Dental Medicine Department, which comprises Special Care Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Facial Pain.

Successful applicants will join an established team in providing a wide range of specialist care. Applicants will be expected to have excellent communication skills and clinical experience.

Main duties of the job

The oral medicine and facial pain service delivers high quality, multi-disciplinary care. This position is to support existing service provision. The post will be strategic to meeting the needs of the patient cohort and will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth running of the service.

The essential requirements for the role are: possession of at least 3 years of postgraduate clinical dental experience (including at least 1 year of full time postgraduate clinical experience working within an oral medicine / facial pain multi-disciplinary service), experience in working as part of a facial pain multidisciplinary team and full, current GDC registration.

Good inter-personal communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels are essential.

About us

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.

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.