Job summary
We are seeking an outstanding individual to provide leadership in teaching and learning within a primary care setting at Bristol Dental School. The successful candidate will ideally hold a postgraduate qualification in the field and is required to be fully registered with the General Dental Council.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership primarily to the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Conscious Sedation and Anxiety Management programme, contributing to the delivery of teaching (including leadership and delivery of Anxiety Management unit),enhancement, and wider integration with other relevant postgraduate training programmes. The individual will also be expected to provide direct undergraduate teaching and clinical supervision to BDS and BSc students, primarily through the maternity cover element of the role. There are many exciting opportunities to help us achieve our ambitions around postgraduate education, along with wider School initiatives such as community outreach and engagement and widening participation. The role will be supported by the Clinical Lead in Clinic A (Oral Surgery & Urgent Dental Care), Deputy School Education Director (Postgraduate), Clinical co-directors, senior nurses, and programme administrators.
Please see the attached job description for all the details of the role.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description for a breakdown of the main duties of this post from experience, skills and knowledge to relevant qualifications.
About us
The Bristol Dental School leads multi-disciplinary research in laboratory, clinical and population sciences. The research groups and laboratories are geographically located alongside clinicians facilitating close working relationships between clinical and non-clinical researchers and supporting a successful programme of training for clinical academics. To ensure critical mass and world-leading research quality, the Schools research groups are integrated into the University's Strategic Research Institutes and Networks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details including a breakdown of the role responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial recent and/or ongoing experience of working in general dental practice or equivalent primary care dentistry setting.
- Significant experience, knowledge and accreditation in dental conscious sedation and anxiety management.
- Experience in programme/ curriculum/ course design development and
- Management.
- Track record of effective leadership of teams.
- Excellent organisation and interpersonal skills, and ability to resolve conflict and complaints in a positive manner.
- The ability to build collaborations with colleagues in complementary areas of work and across different institutions.
- High-level written and verbal communication, including for example, note taking, writing teaching material, delivering lectures, tutorials and conference presentations.
- Effective organisational skills e.g., to workforce plan and to implement new services such as dental sedation within the School.
- Good level of IT skills .
- Capacity to work in a range of educational settings and situations.
- Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise conflicting commitments .
- Awareness of clinical governance issues, and the need to participate in such activities related to all clinical work such as audit and quality improvement.
- Abilities to provide pastoral support to undergraduate and postgraduate students as a personal tutor, including signposting to specialist services where appropriate.
Desirable
- Evidence of external grant funding
- Evidence of publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Experience of teaching and training in dental conscious sedation
- Experience of working with other dental & medical specialties
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, at all levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives/carers, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions and different institutions.
- Other criteria:
- Essential:
- A willingness to contribute to the wider administrative activities of the School as outlined in the job description and additional duties as requested by the Head of School.
- To contribute to the civic responsibilities of the Dental School, Faculty and University as outlined in our Vision for the University of Bristol
Qualifications
Essential
- BDS or equivalent
- To have and maintain full registration with the United Kingdom General Dental Council
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate academic qualification (e.g., Postgraduate Certificate/ Diploma or Masters in Conscious Sedation).
- Evidence of completion of specialty training in a relevant field e.g., Oral Surgery or Special Care Dentistry.
- Royal College of Surgeons membership (e.g., MFDS or equivalent) or Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (e.g., FDS or equivalent).
- Membership of professional organisations relevant to primary care dentistry and/or sedation e.g., SAAD
- Fellowship of Higher Education Academy and/or academic teaching qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
University of Bristol
Address
1 Trinity Walk, Avon St
Bristol
BS2 0PT