Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Dental Officer (special care and children's dentistry)

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Job summary

Shropshire Community Dental Service is seeking to recruit a Dentist to join our children's and special care dental service working primarily at our sites in Telford and Shrewsbury. The successful applicant will provide special care and children's dentistry in both primary and secondary care settings.

Applicants must have full General Dental Council registration and must meet the requirements for the employment of a Dental Performer under the NHS Contract and for inclusion on the National Performers list as determined by NHS England.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

The Community Dental Service provides a comprehensive special care dentistry and paediatric dentistry service across three sites in Telford, Shrewsbury and Oswestry as well as GA services across 2 different hospital trusts, sedation and domiciliary services. Additionally, the service provides unscheduled in-hours dental care from two sites, Castle Foregate in Shrewsbury and Oswestry Health Centre via a single point of access dental advice line and runs salaried general dental practices at Market Drayton and Craven Arms, as well as an oral health improvement team and dental epidemiology services.

We provide out of hours care at weekends from Dawley in Telford and Shrewsbury, and an evening on call service which is accessed via NHS 111. Out of hours and on call services are remunerated at a rate additional to salary.

The team is looking to provide development opportunities for Band A dentists working within the service through internal talent management systems.

  • Continued professional development including mentoring and supervision from senior dentists.
  • Opportunities to develop skills in special care and children's dentistry through mentoring, coaching and shadowing.
  • Positive relationships with the dedicated administration team, our highly qualified nursing staff, dental therapists, and our oral health improvement service.
  • The positive relationships we have with patients, carers and commissioners.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details

Date posted

23 May 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£47,653 to £71,479 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-6128099-OPS

Job locations

Shrewsbury Dental

71 Castleforegate

Shrewsbury

SY1 2EJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full dentist GDC registration is required.
  • Dental Practitioner must have completed Vocational Training, been issued with a VT number or demonstrate VT equivalence training. Applicants must meet the requirements for the employment of a Dental Performer under NHS Contract and for inclusion on the National Performers list as determined by the NHS England.

Experience

Essential

  • Dental Practitioner with experience of primary care dentistry, special care and children's dentistry.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrate the competencies of a band A dentist which are clinical, communication, management & leadership, professionalism and teaching & training.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Good communicator, professionalism, flexible, team-worker, self-directed & be able to manage change.
  • A commitment to quality and to be striving for clinical excellence based upon evidence based practice.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full dentist GDC registration is required.
  • Dental Practitioner must have completed Vocational Training, been issued with a VT number or demonstrate VT equivalence training. Applicants must meet the requirements for the employment of a Dental Performer under NHS Contract and for inclusion on the National Performers list as determined by the NHS England.

Experience

Essential

  • Dental Practitioner with experience of primary care dentistry, special care and children's dentistry.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrate the competencies of a band A dentist which are clinical, communication, management & leadership, professionalism and teaching & training.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Good communicator, professionalism, flexible, team-worker, self-directed & be able to manage change.
  • A commitment to quality and to be striving for clinical excellence based upon evidence based practice.

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).

Additional information

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

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Shrewsbury Dental

71 Castleforegate

Shrewsbury

SY1 2EJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Shrewsbury Dental

71 Castleforegate

Shrewsbury

SY1 2EJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director Dental Service

Tom Seager

tom.seager@nhs.net

01743249976

Details

Date posted

23 May 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£47,653 to £71,479 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-6128099-OPS

Job locations

Shrewsbury Dental

71 Castleforegate

Shrewsbury

SY1 2EJ


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