Oral Health Promotion Specialist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management

To contribute to the development of the Special Care Dental Service as a member of the senior clinical team liaising with appropriate colleagues to ensure effective delivery of oral health promotion programmes to improve the oral health of special care groups.

To assist with the management of a budget for Oral health promotion including cost improvements and income generation within the service.

To produce reports on the implementation, progress, development and effectiveness of all initiatives.

Strategy

To contribute to the strategic development of oral health promotion in Wolverhampton in support of the special care dental service strategy. All oral health promotion advice and intervention will be evidence based, reflecting advice in Delivering Better Oral Health- an evidence-based toolkit for prevention and any national guidance that supersedes this.

This includes identification of individuals and groups of individuals who meet the criteria for treatment in the Special Care Dental Service and provision of oral health advice to these groups including signposting to the appropriate dental service.

To assist in the case finding protocol to identify new groups of patients who do not access NHS dentistry and are eligible for the special care dental service.

To help plan and work to an agreed oral health plan for Wolverhampton.

To facilitate and co-ordinate appropriate health promotion strategies which relate to oral health for Special Care Dental patients

To formulate partnership and support working with other programme co-ordinators, organisations and other statutory bodies.

Training

Develop and deliver appropriate oral health training or information packages to support improvements in the oral health of individuals eligible to attend Special Care Dental Service

To design and provide relevant dental training programmes for health and local authority staff in Wolverhampton.

To plan and provide training for carers of special needs clients and relevant interventions for the clients themselves.

Provide relevant training and programmes within the Voluntary sector i.e. Age Concern, Aquarius, Alzheimers.

To support general practitioners and their staff within the trust and general dental practitioner with oral health resources and training if appropriate.

To implement local and National Oral Health campaigns and organise input into Exhibitions and Health Fairs where appropriate

To be pro-active in personal and professional development, updating knowledge and skills by appropriate means.

Service provision

To provide 1:1 oral health advice to individuals whomeet the criteria for treatment in the Special Care Dental Service including signposting to the appropriate dental service. This may involve arranging for their treatment within the special care dental service where necessary.

To provide oral health support to the dental staff to support the clinical programme, particularly those working with the mobile dental unit. This may involve the provision of advice to individual service users, carers, groups of service users and individuals

Liaising with individual members of clinical staff to ensure that the correct oral health advice is provided for their patients

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Effective communication
• Good presentation skills

Desirable

• Experience of delivering oral health promotion or training sessions
• Previous experience of working with adult and children with additional needs and/or vulnerable groups

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to degree level or relevant experience

Desirable

• Teaching degree or alternative teaching qualification

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

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

Pennfields Medical Centre

Upper Zoar Street

Wolverhampton

WV3 0JH

Employer's website

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