"Part-time Clinical Teacher in Primary Care General Dentistry"

King’s College London’s Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences is one of the foremost dental schools in the world. Recently rated fifth in the world in dentistry by the QS World University Rankings 2024, the Faculty aims to maximise impact on health and wellbeing by integrating excellence across four areas: Education / teaching, World-class science, Clinical approaches, and Patient care.

The Faculty’s vision is to be world leading in dental, oral and craniofacial education, research and clinical care. The Faculty’s international reputation attracts students and staff from across the globe. The largest dental academic centre in the UK, they teach over 700 undergraduate students, 140 graduate taught students, 300 distance learning students and 110 graduate research students.

Part-time (minimum one day a week) clinical teachers are required to teach in Primary Care General Dentistry for Outreach that delivers all aspects of primary care dentistry to adult and adolescent patients attending student clinics. This post would be ideally suited to an experienced or a specialist dental practitioner with an interest in the education of dental students. A major aspect of the posts is to provide clinical teaching and support for the training of BDS undergraduate students. Clinical teachers will also be expected to deliver seminars and possibly lectures, assess students and provide feedback on their performance. Support will be provided if needed.

This post will be based at Denmark Hill. This is a part time post (XX Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

To be successful in this role, candidates must have: BDS or equivalent fully registerable primary dental qualification, ability to supervise undergraduate students, enthusiastic approach to teaching, significant demonstrable post qualification experience and expertise, good communication skills, commitment to ethical workplace behaviour, and regular attendance and good time keeping. Desirable criteria include: Specialist qualification and Specialist listing, MSc or similar in a relevant clinical discipline, FDS, MFDS, MJDF or equivalent, and Certificate or other qualification in teaching.

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.

Grade and Salary: £33,885 - £63,037 pro rata, including London Weighting Allowance. Job ID: 124845. Close Date: 07-Oct-2025. Contact Person: Nadine Khawaja, Contact Details: nadine.khawaja@kcl.ac.uk.