Specialist In Special Care Dentistry

Job description

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL

a) To provide specialist clinical care to adults with additional or special care needs. The following main care groups are included under this description:

People with Learning Disabilities

Medically-compromised and physically disabled adults

Frail Older People

Adults with mental health problems

Adults with challenging behaviour, anxiety or dental phobia

Adults in secure units and prisons

a) To provide a comprehensive dental treatment service for patients who require special care

b) To manage the delivery of special care dentistry within appropriate venues including on a domiciliary basis, and to ensure that treatment is provided safely, effectively and efficiently.

c) To provide clinical care under sedation, and/or general anaesthesia when required

d) To demonstrate professional and clinical leadership in the clinical setting in providing treatment safely and to a high standard

e) To provide clinical care for other CDS patients, according to the needs of the service

f) To comply with all relevant professional and Trust policies, guidelines and standards including mandatory training, health and safety and infection control

g) To provide clinical cover, when required, in health centres other than their base clinic, and in other settings such as care homes and hospital

LEADERSHIP and MANAGEMENT

a) To provide clinical supervision of junior staff, including trainees in special care dentistry as a shared responsibility with other colleagues

b) To carry out appraisals of the work of junior colleagues

c) To demonstrate leadership in the development of special care dentistry locally, and to make presentations to stakeholders and commissioners where appropriate

d) To take on management roles as part of the senior leadership team in Dental Services

ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION

To develop and evaluate health promotion and preventive programmes, in collaboration with others, that reflects the needs of adults with special needs and their carers.

COLLABORATION

a) To work with others in the health, local authority and voluntary sectors to raise awareness of the oral health needs of adults with special needs, promote oral health and to improve access to dental services

b) To work with colleagues in other sectors of dentistry to ensure that adults with special needs receive high quality care in the most appropriate setting. This may involve working with colleagues in secondary care, and on a pan-London basis.

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

a) To carry out screening and surveys of adults with special needs to identify their oral health needs.

b) To provide written reports, as required to commissioners.

TRAINING

a) To support induction, support and training to community dental staff, including professions complementary to dentistry, as part of developing dental services for adults with special needs

b) To provide training and advice when requested

c) To be responsible for your own current and future development needs and be highly motivated in updating knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to a leadership role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full GDC registration
• On the GDC specialist list in Special Care Dentistry
• Post-graduate qualification/s relevant to Special Care Dentistry
• Post-graduate qualification/s relevant to Special Care Dentistry
• Evidence of continuing post-graduate education

Experience

Essential

• Additional NHS experience in Special Care Dentistry following the attainment of the above standard
• Experience or training such that the applicant has reached a standard equivalent to that expected after 3 years of specialist training in Special Care Dentistry
• Extensive experience in the clinical management of a wide range of special care patients
• Experience of providing dental treatment under sedation and general anaesthesia

Desirable

• Previous community dental service experience

Research Teaching Presenting

Essential

• Experience of presentations to key audiences
• Experience of providing teaching and /or training in the NHS
• Experience of leading clinical supervision

Clinical Governance & Quality Audit

Essential

• Experience of involvement in clinical governance and risk management
• An understanding of the indicators of quality relevant to NHS services
• Experience of audit

Management

Essential

• Experience of either assessing, appraising or managing staff
• Experience of project management

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Heart of Hounslow

Bath Street

Hounslow

TW3 3EL

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)