University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant in Oral Surgery to join our established and supportive team at Bristol Dental Hospital.
This fixed-term post (commencing in September and ending 31 March 2027) offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to a high-quality, patient-centred service within a busy and diverse Oral Surgery department. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver specialist care across a broad case mix, including both adult and paediatric patients.
About You
You will be a motivated and experienced clinician with:
Extensive knowledge and expertise in Oral Surgery
A commitment to high-quality, evidence-based patient care
Strong teamwork and communication skills
Experience in teaching, supervision, and clinical leadership
Why Join Us?
Work within a well-established, collaborative Oral Surgery team
Opportunities to contribute to service development and training
Supportive environment that values flexible working and work-life balance
Deliver high-quality Oral Surgery care across outpatient, day case, and theatre settings.
Undertake triage of referrals and provide specialist advice and guidance to colleagues.
Run new and follow-up clinics, including joint multidisciplinary clinics (e.g. Orthodontics/Oral Surgery and TMJ).
Provide treatment under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation, and general anaesthesia across Trust sites.
Support delivery and oversight of the Emergency Dental Service (within core hours).
Contribute to service planning and management of clinical caseloads to meet RTT and operational targets.
Play an active role in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement.
Supervise and support Dental Core Trainees, Clinical Fellows, Specialty Trainees, and SAS colleagues.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For more information please download the Job Description document attached or contact us.
Thank you.
