Band B Community Dentist

Job responsibilities

The community based service aims to be the leading provider of care and education in special care dentistry for vulnerable groups of both adults and children, in Sheffield

Community Dental Services is a clinical directorate of the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital which is a part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The service comprises of Special Care Dentistry for adults together with a paediatric community service. These are two discrete services both recognised as separate dental specialties by the General Dental Council.

Services are provided from clinics located throughout the city, including special care dentistry, paediatric dentistry, outreach teaching and some salaried general dental services. Clinical facilities include surgeries in special schools for children with severe learning difficulties and surgeries set up to provide intravenous sedation.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GDC as a dentist.
• NHS primary dental care performer number (or eligible to obtain one).

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification relevant to the work of the Salaried Primary Dental Care Service

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
• Ensures value for money is considered in all that they do
• Good time management skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours as and when necessary
• Ability to work as part of a health care team
• Ability to work independently and under their own initiative
• The post holder must have the ability to travel throughout the city of Sheffield on a regular basis
• Good written communication skills
• The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC' good medical practice (2013).

Desirable

• Willing to take on a senior role within the service

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in dentistry in a primary care setting.
• Experience in delivering prevention-based care.
• Experience of providing care in a domiciliary setting.
• Experience of providing dental care for child and adult patients who are dentally anxious or phobic, including provision of care using sedation.
• Experience of providing dental care for child and adult patients with complex co-morbidities including those with special needs, a learning disability and/or mental health problems and the frail elderly.
• Ability to communicate with confidence with patients and their families, carers, members of the dental team and other health and social care professionals.

Desirable

• Experience in line managing salaried dentists.
• Experience in using alternative therapies e.g. hypnosis, acupuncture in treating patients.

Management and Administration

Essential

• Understands the functions of the community/salaried primary dental care service.
• Ability to lead and work as part of a health care team
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage themselves and others.
• Good presentation skills.

Teaching

Essential

• Experience in supervising undergraduate or postgraduate students in dental practice.
• Experience of delegating work to and supervising staff.

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

• Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months

Desirable

• Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Clinical governance and audit

Essential

• Experience in performing clinical audit

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).