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Job reference: 199139
Salary: Consultant (£96,963 - £128,841)
Job closing date: 07/11/2024
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Lauriston Building
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 32 hours per week
Job posted date: 15/10/2024
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Oral Medicine

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CONSULTANT IN ORAL MEDICINE
LAURISTON BUILDING

Reference - 199139

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Applicants must have full GDC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GDC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.  

Applications are welcome for the above permanent, part time (32 hours per week) post based in Lauriston Building.

This 8 PA consultant post offers an opportunity for the appointee to be an integral member of the oral medicine team based at Edinburgh Dental Institute (EDI).  They will work very closely with the oral surgery and paediatric dental teams at the EDI and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) and to provide clinical care for patients presenting with oral mucosal disease, salivary disorders, oral mucosal dysplasia and facial pain. There are additional links with the oral and maxillo-facial service based at St John’s hospital in Livingston.

The postholder will be expected to play a role in developing an efficient and effective oral medicine service within the EDI to best meet the needs of patients within avaliable resources.

The postholder will be expected to work closely with colleagues to deliver excellence in clinical care, teaching and research and be involved in quality improvement activity and training of junior hospital staff.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

For an informal discussion please contact:
Mr Graeme Wright, Clinical Director, EDI
Edinburgh Dental Institute, 4th Floor Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH39HA.

Tel 0131 536 2373, Secretary  0131 536 3911
Email:  graeme.wright@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Dr Alexander Crighton, Locum Consultant in Oral Medicine.
Edinburgh Dental Institute, 4th Floor Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH39HA. 

Tel: 131 536 3911
Email: alexander.crighton@nhs.scot

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We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.  Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally. 

Closing Date: 07/11/2024

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

Interview Date: 14/11/2024

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