Job summary
What better time than now to come and join our vibrant and friendly Community Dental Teams in the beautiful county of Somerset.
We are delighted to further our ability for skill-mixed teams and extend an invite to qualifiedBand A Dental Officersto join our Consultant-led Special Care Dentistry and Paediatric Dentistry work.
Our services are large enough to make your work variable and interesting, yet are small enough to make the experience of working here greatly satisfying and personal to you.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of a team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general dental practice (GDP) care, as well as a variety of work including domiciliary, urgent care and minor oral surgery.
Your new colleagues are in place and waiting for you to join them in the special workplace which makes a huge difference to people's lives and is somewhere to call your work home.
As a new team-mate and individual colleague, you will be very well supported in every aspect of your role. We have empowered teams, experienced line management and exceptional clinical supervision with exciting opportunities for continued professional development.
For a taste of what it's like working for our community dentistry service, please view our video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q62-Vf0osQ
Further information available from our website:
www.somersetft.nhs.uk/dental-services/current-vacancies/
About us
Living in Somerset is a wonderful, high quality of life experience for everyone:
- Established public transport networks to cities such as Exeter, Bristol, Bath, London
- Easy access to the M5 motorway
- Coast, countryside, moors and hills aplenty
- Great sports facilities and seasonal cultural events
Community Dental Services are a Consultant Led service with many benefits:
- Clear job planning and framework for management and clinical supervision
- Variety of work - inhalation Sedation, IV, General Anaesthetic clinics all possible
- Appointment times range from 30-90 minutes
- Monday-Friday 0830-1700 with 1 hour for lunch, 75% patient facing workhours, 25% non-patient facing hours
- Invested in consistent and highly skilled dental nurse team support
- Mature business structure to support and take on claim and administration duties
- Crown indemnity and PAYE
- No lab bills
- Progression and development opportunities from trainee to consultant posts
- Supported CPD days with opportunities for individual and team working
- Established links with training providers
- Specialist placements
- NHS Pension, generous leave and terms and conditions
Job description
Job responsibilities
We ask that you are a GDC registered dentist and have an NHS England performer number, with experience of working within primary, community, secondary or general dental care, and that you are passionate about patient care (adults, children and special care), share our values, enjoy your work and are a flexible team player.
If you would like to find out more about our community dentistry service and what it would be like to be part of our team, we would be delighted if you could join us at one of our our Open Days as below:
Tuesday 9th April, 3pm - 7pm
Taunton Dental Access Centre, Parkgate House, East Reach, Taunton, TA1 3ES
Thursday 11th April, 3pm - 7pm
Bridgwater Dental Access Centre, Southwood House, 2-4 Taunton Road, Bridgwater, TA6 3LS
If you are interested please contact Erica Boulton on 07771 396042 or erica.boulton@somersetft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
We ask that you are a GDC registered dentist and have an NHS England performer number, with experience of working within primary, community, secondary or general dental care, and that you are passionate about patient care (adults, children and special care), share our values, enjoy your work and are a flexible team player.
If you would like to find out more about our community dentistry service and what it would be like to be part of our team, we would be delighted if you could join us at one of our our Open Days as below:
Tuesday 9th April, 3pm - 7pm
Taunton Dental Access Centre, Parkgate House, East Reach, Taunton, TA1 3ES
Thursday 11th April, 3pm - 7pm
Bridgwater Dental Access Centre, Southwood House, 2-4 Taunton Road, Bridgwater, TA6 3LS
If you are interested please contact Erica Boulton on 07771 396042 or erica.boulton@somersetft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- BDS or equivalent
- Full registration with GDC
- Vocational training or equivalent
- To be on NHS England's National Primary Care Performers list
- Experience of working within Primary Care Dental Care and/or Primary Care Dental Services and/or General Dental Services
- Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- BDS or equivalent
- Full registration with GDC
- Vocational training or equivalent
- To be on NHS England's National Primary Care Performers list
- Experience of working within Primary Care Dental Care and/or Primary Care Dental Services and/or General Dental Services
- Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
