Job summary
An exciting opportunity has
arisen to join the Bridgewater NHS Community Foundation Trust as a Senior
Dental Officer.
The team you will join offers
a valued specialist service always putting the needs of its patients at the
very heart of its approaches.
Our friendly and dedicated
team operates across several clinics across the region and takes pride in
serving its communities.
The Trust offers great terms
and conditions to all its staff, and ensures they are valued as the highly
skilled professionals they are.
Opportunities to
further training and progress your career await you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be
an essential member of the Salaried Dental Service taking a leadership and team
building role. They will work as part of a team of clinicians within the Dental
Network in Bridgewater Community NHS Foundation Trust. They will work closely
with the Clinical Director and specialist leads in special care and paediatrics
to ensure that service users receive high quality care in a timely fashion and
that care remains free from sigma, discrimination or harm.
They will be expected
to be a visible and responsive leader setting the standards for others to
follow and to be engaged in service improvement.
Clinically the post
involves the provision of comprehensive routine and specialised care to
children and adults whose dental needs cannot be fulfilled within General
Dental Practice. This includes treatment under sedation and general
anaesthetic.
The post is based
within the areas we serve in Cheshire and Merseyside and the location of work
will be based on service need.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We would expect the post holder to:
- To manage and provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and NHS dental care treatment services for patients accepted by our service
- Be able to provide the long term maintenance care for patients with moderate, severe or extreme BDA case mix scores
- Organise and undertake shared care with local GDPs for patients with moderate case mix scores
- Undertake treatment with both inhalation and intravenous sedation and be comfortable in providing both paediatric exodontia under GA and adult GA cons.
- Demonstrate an additional skill in restorative or other dental treatment for example prosthetics
- Provide the role of clinical lead at base and designated clinics and be available to clinicians for advice and support
- Maintain and develop relationships with local GDPs and the LDN
- Develop relationships with other parts of the health economy
- Undertake regular reviews of case load
- Ensure that appropriate recall intervals are being set
- To take a role in the performance management of the SLAs we have with the commissioner ensuring successful delivery both in qualitative and quantitative terms
- To be responsible for the line management of clinicians and dental care professionals working within the service
- Organise training for staff or groups of staff in a clinical area
- Provide treatment on a domiciliary basis if required
- To be actively engaged in service improvement
- To maintain professional knowledge, skills and awareness of current developments within dentistry and participate in professional development activities such as
1. Clinical Supervision
2. Peer Review
3. Clinical Governance
4. Audit
- Demonstrate application of the principles of ethical behaviour relating to dentistry, including honesty, confidentiality, professional integrity and compliance with the Standards for Dental Professionals laid down by the GDC
- Keep contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust protocols.
- Other duties as may from time-to-time be delegated by the Clinical Director or other authorised officer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We would expect the post holder to:
- To manage and provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and NHS dental care treatment services for patients accepted by our service
- Be able to provide the long term maintenance care for patients with moderate, severe or extreme BDA case mix scores
- Organise and undertake shared care with local GDPs for patients with moderate case mix scores
- Undertake treatment with both inhalation and intravenous sedation and be comfortable in providing both paediatric exodontia under GA and adult GA cons.
- Demonstrate an additional skill in restorative or other dental treatment for example prosthetics
- Provide the role of clinical lead at base and designated clinics and be available to clinicians for advice and support
- Maintain and develop relationships with local GDPs and the LDN
- Develop relationships with other parts of the health economy
- Undertake regular reviews of case load
- Ensure that appropriate recall intervals are being set
- To take a role in the performance management of the SLAs we have with the commissioner ensuring successful delivery both in qualitative and quantitative terms
- To be responsible for the line management of clinicians and dental care professionals working within the service
- Organise training for staff or groups of staff in a clinical area
- Provide treatment on a domiciliary basis if required
- To be actively engaged in service improvement
- To maintain professional knowledge, skills and awareness of current developments within dentistry and participate in professional development activities such as
1. Clinical Supervision
2. Peer Review
3. Clinical Governance
4. Audit
- Demonstrate application of the principles of ethical behaviour relating to dentistry, including honesty, confidentiality, professional integrity and compliance with the Standards for Dental Professionals laid down by the GDC
- Keep contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust protocols.
- Other duties as may from time-to-time be delegated by the Clinical Director or other authorised officer.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BDS or equivalent
- Full GDC registration
- NHS Performer number
- Appropriate DBS clearance
- Meets professional health requirements and is fit to carry out the duties of the post after reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 have been made
Desirable
- Certificate / Diploma in conscious sedation or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant and demonstrable post qualification experience of treating both adult special care patients and paediatric patients
- Experience of working with a wide range of patient groups
- Able to demonstrate relevant experience in Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance and Audit
- Participation in a multi disciplinary team
- Experience of working in Salaried Primary Dental Care Service (Community Dental Service) or equivalent
Desirable
- Line management experience
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form
Relations
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
- The ability to work independently
- Can demonstrate the competencies of a Band B dentist
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Provision of all aspects of routine dental care
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Leadership and organisational skills to aid team development and with an ability to motivate other staff
- Good time management skills
- Self motivated
Desirable
- Treatment using inhalation sedation
- Treatment using Intravenous sedation
- Treatment under general anaesthetic
- Treatment on a domiciliary basis
- Experience of participation in epidemiological fieldwork.
- Use of Dentally dental software
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BDS or equivalent
- Full GDC registration
- NHS Performer number
- Appropriate DBS clearance
- Meets professional health requirements and is fit to carry out the duties of the post after reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 have been made
Desirable
- Certificate / Diploma in conscious sedation or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant and demonstrable post qualification experience of treating both adult special care patients and paediatric patients
- Experience of working with a wide range of patient groups
- Able to demonstrate relevant experience in Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance and Audit
- Participation in a multi disciplinary team
- Experience of working in Salaried Primary Dental Care Service (Community Dental Service) or equivalent
Desirable
- Line management experience
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form
Relations
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
- The ability to work independently
- Can demonstrate the competencies of a Band B dentist
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Provision of all aspects of routine dental care
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Leadership and organisational skills to aid team development and with an ability to motivate other staff
- Good time management skills
- Self motivated
Desirable
- Treatment using inhalation sedation
- Treatment using Intravenous sedation
- Treatment under general anaesthetic
- Treatment on a domiciliary basis
- Experience of participation in epidemiological fieldwork.
- Use of Dentally dental software
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.
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
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).
