BAND A DENTIST

Job summary

To provide routine NHS dental treatment to patients referred to the community Dental services specialties of paediatric and special care dentistry.

Main duties of the job

• Provide dental care to patient groups within the remit of Salford Community Dental Service and in particular those groups requiring paediatric and special care dentistry.
• Provide domiciliary care and inhalation sedation to patients referred to Salford Community Dental Service.
• Work with senior colleagues to provide care under general anaesthesia in Salford Royal hospital.
• Provide care from a range of premises.
• Responsibility for the working arrangements and standards at the clinic from which clinical services are provided
• The post holder will be expected to maintain the high standards of clinical and professional behaviour required by Salford Community Dental Service.
• Maintenance of own records of your continuing professional education and development.
• Communicate positively and affectively.
• Actively give and receive feedback in a constructive manner.
• The post holder is expected to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will be required to communicate and liaise with a range of individuals and groups including, senior managers at Salford Care Organisation, medical and dental consultants, primary care practitioners, other health and social professional team members, patients, and their families/ carers and the public.

About us

Our new Northern Care Alliance NHS Group unites five local hospitals to deliver high quality care across the North East of Greater Manchester.

The Alliance provides the benefits of scale but delivers this locally through multiple hospital sites which make up four new Care Organisations - Bury/Rochdale, North Manchester, Oldham and Salford. Using our mantra of 'Saving lives, Improving lives', the aim is for our Care Organisations to work closely with the communities they serve to deliver safe, high quality and reliable care, which are trusted, connected and pioneering.

Our Care Organisations are designed to operate within our group arrangement of hospitals, community and healthcare services which bring together over 17,000 staff and the services of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. Our size and geographical reach means we are creating an environment each individual will be inspired and empowered by to be the best they can be. This is a really exciting time to join our new team.