Locum Consultant Orthodontist: Sponsorship Available

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Join Our Specialist Orthodontic Team North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Consultant Orthodontist to join our established team of three consultants. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality specialist orthodontic care within a supportive multidisciplinary service serving North Cumbria’s urban and rural communities.About the Role

  • Provide consultant-led orthodontic assessment and treatment services.
  • Work across Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary clinics including orthognathic, restorative and cleft services.
  • Support clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development.
  • Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
  • Act as an Educational and/or Clinical Supervisor for trainees.

About the Service

  • Comprehensive orthodontic service including orthognathic, dentoalveolar and cleft care.
  • Excellent multidisciplinary links with Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry.
  • Advanced digital facilities including CBCT, 3Shape scanning and 3D imaging.
  • Dedicated dental nursing team and on-site laboratory support.

Essential Requirements

  • BDS (or equivalent) and full GDC registration.
  • Entry on the GDC Specialist List in Orthodontics.
  • MOrth (or equivalent).
  • CCT in Orthodontics or within six months of completion.
  • Commitment to teaching, clinical governance and multidisciplinary working.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

The successful applicant will:

  • Provide a consultant-led specialist orthodontic advisory and treatment service.
  • Deliver high-quality patient care within a multidisciplinary setting.
  • Participate in clinical governance, audit, risk management and service improvement activities.
  • Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education.
  • Supervise Specialty Registrars and other trainees as an Educational and/or Clinical Supervisor.
  • Support research, teaching and quality improvement initiatives.
  • Work collaboratively with clinical and managerial colleagues to develop services across North Cumbria.

Teaching and Training Opportunities

NCIC has an excellent reputation for education and training, with strong links to:

  • Newcastle University
  • University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
  • Health Education England North East

The successful candidate will play a key role in:

  • Training Specialty Registrars and Post-CCST Trainees
  • Teaching undergraduate dental students
  • Supporting multidisciplinary education programmes
  • Contributing to academic teaching delivered through UCLan Dental School

Person Specification

Person specification

Essential

  • BDS or equivalent GDC registerable qualification.
  • Current full registration with the General Dental Council.
  • Entry on the GDC specialist list in Orthodontics.
  • CCT and Completion of a recognised accreditation programme in Orthodontics at Post CCST or equivalent level of training or within 6 months of completion
  • MOrth or equivalent
  • FDS in Orthodontics or equivalent

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification.
  • Level 2b certification in CBCT requesting and reporting. Interest in digital orthodontics

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • High level of clinical experience and competence in orthodontics
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
  • Experience of specialist multidisciplinary team working such as in orthognathic surgery and restorative dentistry and cleft care

Management & Administrative

Essential

  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently.
  • Appropriate recording and timely administration associated with clinical care.
  • Experience of audit management
  • Ability to advice on efficient and smooth running of secondary care orthodontic service.

Desirable

  • Participation in managed clinical network or equivalent

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate staff.
  • Experience of Clinical and Educational Supervisor roles or desire to develop in these roles
  • Current trainer accreditation through Health Education England or equivalent or working towards this.

Desirable

  • Teaching of non-medical health professionals.

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
  • Experience of research and Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Communication skills and abilities

Essential

  • Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs.
  • Approachable and effective Multi disciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Team loyalty
  • Positive approach to lessons learnt
  • Confident approach without being arrogant

Desirable

  • IT Skills.
  • Presentation skills.

Continued Professional / Personal Development

Essential

  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
  • Participation in appropriate peer review processes
  • Meet the GDC requirements for Continued Professional development and maintain a PDP.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post.
  • Commitment to the Trust and Service

Desirable

  • Participation if required for emergency cover

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 26 October 2026

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