Consultant Dentist

Job Description

We are looking to connect with experienced professionals who can support our Clinical Studies of Oral Care and Personal Care Products on a flexible basis.  Flexibility and the ability to work around evolving study schedules are important. 

Purpose of the post: 

Eurofins Alba is seeking a Consultant Dentist to support clinical studies of oral care, personal care and cosmetic products at our clinical testing facility in Edinburgh.

This consultant position allows dental professionals to contribute their clinical expertise while supporting Eurofins Alba’s work in delivering high-quality, ethical and scientifically robust consumer and clinical studies.

The Consultant Dentist will support studies involving oral care product assessment, including areas such as tooth whitening, dental plaque, gingivitis, calculus, stain removal, hypersensitivity and oral tolerance evaluations. Most study coordination, volunteer management, documentation and operational activities will be managed by the experienced Eurofins Alba laboratory and clinical operations team.

• Acting as the nominated Principal Investigator, Medical Investigator or Dental Investigator, where required by the study design, sponsor requirements or regulatory expectations, including appropriate study oversight, adverse event review, participant safety considerations and approval/signature of study documents where applicable.
• Reviewing study protocols, amendments and relevant study documentation for oral care and cosmetic clinical studies.
• Reviewing, approving and signing study reports or documentation where professional dental oversight is required, and "approval" claims will be made.
• Where required for study conduct and participant safety, providing appropriate clinical/dental input regarding the availability, prescribing, authorisation, administration or oversight of prescription-only medicines and emergency medications, including anaphylaxis arrangements. This must be undertaken only where within the consultant’s professional scope of practice, legal authority, training and agreed study/site procedures, including any applicable requirements for controlled drugs.
• Conducting or overseeing protocol-specified dental and oral evaluations at agreed study timepoints.
• Supporting assessment of oral care parameters such as plaque, gingival condition, stain, calculus, whitening, hypersensitivity and oral tolerance, where relevant to the study design.
• Advising on dental suitability, oral health considerations and participant-related dental observations.
• Recording clinical observations and assessment outcomes accurately, clearly and in accordance with study requirements.
• Supporting the review and management of deviations, adverse events or oral health-related findings, where required.
• Providing expert consultancy on equipment, room layout and study procedures, particularly given increasing requirements relating to decontamination and clinical environments.
• Providing advice on appropriate dental instruments, equipment and any requirements associated with the dental chair or study conduction area.
• Maintain current professional competence, GDC registration, training and knowledge within dentistry and oral health assessment, including relevant oral care study requirements, participant safety.
• Working with the Eurofins Alba clinical team to ensure studies are conducted to appropriate ethical, quality and safety standards.
• Undertaking any other consultant duties commensurate with the nature and responsibility of the role as reasonably required

Qualifications

• Qualified dentist registered with the General Dental Council (GDC).
• Strong knowledge of dental and oral health assessment principles.
• Ability and authority, where required, to prescribe or authorise relevant emergency medication in accordance with professional registration, legal requirements and site procedures.
• Understanding of participant safety, confidentiality and ethical clinical practice.
• Ability to document clinical observations clearly and accurately.
• Experience carrying out dental examinations and oral health assessments.
• Ability to assess oral care parameters such as plaque, stain, gingival condition, calculus, whitening, hypersensitivity and oral tolerance.
• Strong clinical observation and documentation skills.
• Ability to review study documentation and provide relevant clinical input.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly to the clinical study team.
• Professional, ethical and participant-focused approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the Eurofins Alba clinical and laboratory teams.
• Flexible and reliable approach to study scheduling and on-site attendance.
• Ability to work independently while following agreed study procedures.
• Current or recent experience practising as a dentist
• Experience working with patients, participants or volunteers in a professional clinical setting

Additional Information

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 
 
Your data 
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
 
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/