Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
If you are looking for a fascinating role, working alongside the military, that offers numerous benefits and opportunities for career-development in an excellent team? We would love to hear from you.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Part time Civilian Senior Dental Practitioner (CDP) here at the Dental Centre, Sir John Moore Barracks in Winchester.
The Part time hours will be 13 hours per week.
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification in regard to this role being a Fixed Term Appointment. It will end on the 31st July 2024.
We offer the following employee benefits:
Civil Service PensionAccess to gymFree parkingInclusive work environment
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the post is to provide leadership of the multi-disciplinary team within a Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) dental facility. You will be responsible to the Principal Dental Officer (PDO) for the performance of the facility against the DPHC mission and associated performance targets.
About us
Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
- Monitoring against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and optimising performance through data analysis.
- Ensuring KPIs are achieved by arranging for all entitled personnel to be inspected at intervals in accordance with NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines and that appropriate follow-up treatment is provided. Treatment should be prioritised with regard to operational readiness.
- Managing military and civilian staff within their dental facility, through completion of appraisals, monitoring and managing poor performance, attendance and sickness absence, taking appropriate action (disciplinary/restoring efficiency) as required and in accordance with policy.
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and for the full list of duties for this Post before you apply.
Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form. The interview will be based on the following behaviours:
Seeing the bigger pictureChanging and ImprovingMaking Effective DecisionsLeadershipCommunicating and InfluencingDeveloping Self and OthersPlease ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application form and saved under your name.
To be eligible to be considered for this role, the essential criteria detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to do so may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a[1]great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
- Monitoring against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and optimising performance through data analysis.
- Ensuring KPIs are achieved by arranging for all entitled personnel to be inspected at intervals in accordance with NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines and that appropriate follow-up treatment is provided. Treatment should be prioritised with regard to operational readiness.
- Managing military and civilian staff within their dental facility, through completion of appraisals, monitoring and managing poor performance, attendance and sickness absence, taking appropriate action (disciplinary/restoring efficiency) as required and in accordance with policy.
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and for the full list of duties for this Post before you apply.
Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form. The interview will be based on the following behaviours:
Seeing the bigger pictureChanging and ImprovingMaking Effective DecisionsLeadershipCommunicating and InfluencingDeveloping Self and OthersPlease ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application form and saved under your name.
To be eligible to be considered for this role, the essential criteria detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to do so may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a[1]great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be fully registered with the GDC; and either have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training (or have qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the NHS);or have evidence of adequate clinical experience (either in the UK or abroad) to be able to practice independently.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be fully registered with the GDC; and either have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training (or have qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the NHS);or have evidence of adequate clinical experience (either in the UK or abroad) to be able to practice independently.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
