Band 5 Civilian Dental Hygienist

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent dental care to our entitled personnel!

Are you a professional, motivated Band 5 Dental Hygienist and do you want only the best for your patients?

If so, we would love to hear from you to come join our supportive and friendly team at RAF Brize Norton Dental Centre.

This role offers 37.5 hours per week and applications from part time or job share to cover these hours are welcome, all requests to work flexibly will be considered, allowing for business needs. The salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

We are looking for team player who is highly efficient and professional. You will primarily provide dental treatment, oral hygiene instruction, education and administration.

This includes working towards improving and maintaining the dental health and operational fitness of entitled personnel. While also ensuring the implementation of aims and objectives in accordance with Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Dental Policies and Procedures.

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.

Date posted

20 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro-rata for part-time.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-23-0326

Job locations

RAF Brize Norton

Carterton

Oxford

OX18 3LX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and person specification prior to applying to fully understand all the duties required by Civilian Dental Hygienists within DPHC.

Additional essential criteria required, including skills, qualifications, memberships, or licences, as detailed in the advert, include but not limited to:

Providing dental hygiene treatment in line with their approved scope of practice as per GDC guidelines and in accordance with agreed patient group directive.

Ensuring surgeries are prepared appropriately for the days patients, conforming to current regulations.

Carrying out and recording daily maintenance, servicing and pre-use checks of dental equipment reporting defects in accordance with current equipment care policies.

Accurately recording treatment on each patient's electronic health record on Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP).

Reporting any appointment delays or Failure to Attend (FTAs) to the Practice Manager, receptionist and/or patient as appropriate.

Benefits

A Market Skills Supplement of £5,750 per annum (pro rata)!
GDC (General Dental Council) Annual Fees are reimbursed
Regional training days & access to mandatory training provided
Continuous professional development (CPD) training supplied
On-site free laundry for clinical clothing & free clinical footwear
Paid annual leave entitlement
Access to NHS pension scheme (once in role)
Access to the Defence Discount Card that offers discount in many shops an on-line shopping
Free on-site parking
On-site reduced gym membership

Things you should know

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application.Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.Show the sift team why YOU are the one to hire! Remember - make sure no personal details are included.

Where indicated in the application form, please copy and paste your full CV using double spacing where possible.You will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure you refer to the essential criteria shown below, where applicable, as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.

At interview, you will be tested against the following National Health Service (NHS) Knowledge and Skills Framework:

NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal and People Development
NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety and Security
NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Additional Information

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking, and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in theDefence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors, and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at several Defence Establishments.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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.

Applicants approaching graduation are eligible to apply for this role, however they will need to obtain the full qualification and membership requirements prior to commencing in post. Should you have any queries concerning your eligibility, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk

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.

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.

Due to COVID 19, there is now a requirement for dental clinical staff to be fit tested for a FFP3 mask, which has to be worn when managing a patient who is undergoing an aerosol generating procedure (AGP) the successful candidate will be fit tested prior to commencing employment.

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 in to 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 andwe will notsponsor 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-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.