Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Civilian Dental Practitioner who will be working within our Primary Healthcare team, here at Dental Centre Hereford, Stirling Lines, Hereford.
Does this sound like the role for you?
This position offers 37 hours per week.
Benefits:
- General Dental Council (GDC) Annual Fees are currently reimbursed
- Free Parking
- Access to gym
- Access to onsite refreshments
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Main duties of the job
As a Civilian Dental Practitioner, you will be resourced to provide clinical outputs and work should be directed towards improving and maintaining the dental health and operational fitness of service personnel.
You will also be expected to undertake non-clinical activities including, but not limited to, practice meetings, training and personal administration.
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 of the role include but are not limited to:
- Inspecting all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in accordance
with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing
follow up treatment as required.
- Providing an occupational oral health assessment, being fully conversant with
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Dental Fitness categorisation and dental input
into the Joint Medical Employment Standard for Service personnel.
- Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable
stores, the safe custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of equipment
is kept to a high standard at all times.
For full list of responsibilities please see the attached job descriptions and person specification.
Selection Process Details
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours :
- Leadership
- Seeing the big picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making effective Decisions
- Developing Self and Others
- Changing and Improving
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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.
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.
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 for this role 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, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
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 of the role include but are not limited to:
- Inspecting all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in accordance
with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing
follow up treatment as required.
- Providing an occupational oral health assessment, being fully conversant with
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Dental Fitness categorisation and dental input
into the Joint Medical Employment Standard for Service personnel.
- Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable
stores, the safe custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of equipment
is kept to a high standard at all times.
For full list of responsibilities please see the attached job descriptions and person specification.
Selection Process Details
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours :
- Leadership
- Seeing the big picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making effective Decisions
- Developing Self and Others
- Changing and Improving
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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.
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.
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 for this role 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, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
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 hold a full UK driving licence
Experience
Essential
- Must be clinically current (within the last 6-12 months)
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Must be fully registered with the General Dental Council, with no restrictions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must hold a full UK driving licence
Experience
Essential
- Must be clinically current (within the last 6-12 months)
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Must be fully registered with the General Dental Council, with no restrictions
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
