Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive
and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our
entitled personnel.
Are you a Dental Practice Manager looking for a fascinating role, working alongside
the military, that offers numerous benefits and opportunities for career development in a phenomenal team?
The DPHC is a vibrant and fast paced organisation that seeks to sustain and
improve the operational efficiency of service personnel by providing high-quality dental care.
The post will be 37 hours, requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be
considered, taking into account business needs.
We offer the following employee benefits:
- Access to NHS Pension
- Free parking
- Access to onsite gym
- Inclusive working environment
Main duties of the job
The duties of the successful candidate will include providing clinical and administrative support for the provision of dental care in
Defence Primary Healthcare Dental Centres and to enhance force generation and
operational capability while being able to minimise dental morbidity on operations.
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
Duties and responsibilities of the role will include but are not limited to:
- Maintaining their GDC registration and appropriate indemnity
- Ensuring systems are in place to allow patients to claim approved costs
associated with the provision of dental care and work with the unit administration
(admin) staff to ensure these costs are correctly audited, informing the Regional
Headquarters of all expenditure.
- Liaising with local commanders to ensure periods of force generation are
effectively managed to maximise the number of personnel dentally fit to deploy on
operations.
- Completing Service persons Joint Appraisal Report and mid-term appraisals for
all staff whom they have Reporting Officer (RO) responsibilities, in a timely fashion
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person
Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
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.
At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skill:
- NHS Core- NHS6 Equality and Diversity
- NHS Core- NHSC1- Communication
- NHS Core- NHSC2- Personal and People Development
- NHS Core- NHSC3- Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core-NHSC4- Service Improvement
- NHS Core-NHSC5- Quality
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into
account business needs.
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.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can
be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
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. This role does not meet
that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role will include but are not limited to:
- Maintaining their GDC registration and appropriate indemnity
- Ensuring systems are in place to allow patients to claim approved costs
associated with the provision of dental care and work with the unit administration
(admin) staff to ensure these costs are correctly audited, informing the Regional
Headquarters of all expenditure.
- Liaising with local commanders to ensure periods of force generation are
effectively managed to maximise the number of personnel dentally fit to deploy on
operations.
- Completing Service persons Joint Appraisal Report and mid-term appraisals for
all staff whom they have Reporting Officer (RO) responsibilities, in a timely fashion
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person
Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
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.
At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skill:
- NHS Core- NHS6 Equality and Diversity
- NHS Core- NHSC1- Communication
- NHS Core- NHSC2- Personal and People Development
- NHS Core- NHSC3- Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core-NHSC4- Service Improvement
- NHS Core-NHSC5- Quality
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into
account business needs.
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.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can
be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
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. This role does not meet
that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GDC registration
- Degree, diploma or appropriate training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in a relevant area.
Please provide your CV
Essential
- Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GDC registration
- Degree, diploma or appropriate training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in a relevant area.
Please provide your CV
Essential
- Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
