Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not
limited to:
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Ensuring your surgeries are prepared
appropriately for the days patients in accordance with current regulations.
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Carrying out and recording daily maintenance,
servicing and pre-use checks of dental equipment reporting defects in
accordance with current equipment care policies.
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Meeting the needs of the patients by monitoring,
supporting, and reassuring each individual according to their specific needs,
providing appropriate advice when required. This may include recognising and
interpreting behaviours, especially those associated with anxious patients and
dealing with them accordingly.
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Managing the patient appointment system.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification
for further information on the duties.
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.
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.
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
see the link to our Youtube
channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on
answering behaviour
based
questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations
from work, volunteering
or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word
limit.
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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.
Candidates
who hold the qualifications but are not yet registered with the General Dental
Council (GDC) are eligible to apply for this vacancy. However, if found
successful it is a requirement that you are
registered with the GDC prior to starting in the post.
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.
The
selection
at sift stage will be based on your CV.
At
interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills
Framework:
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NHS
Core NHSC1 Communication
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NHS
Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
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NHS
Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
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NHS
Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
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NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
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NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
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.
The
successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. In-line
with the NHS England approach, MOD is in the
process of making full vaccination a condition of
deployment for its healthcare workers employed across the UK. In
order to comply with
our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will
ask for proof of vaccination status during the recruitment process. Please see the attached further information
document for full details.
This post does not offer any assistance
with relocation allowances.
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 contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
This
is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Band 4 Dental Nurse in the DPHC Dental Centre
Cosford, RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton. Your responsibilities will be as described
in this job advert. The reason why
you are appointed for a fixed period is due maternity cover. This post will
therefore begin on your appointment and will end on 04/06/2024. You should be
aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes
to an end, arrangements will be made in line
with the FTA policy.
If
you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for an
advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a
Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 3 years). At the end of the posting
you will return to your previous
MoD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be
temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the
Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties
then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work
Location in the UK policy for further information.
If
you are transferring to MoD from another government department (OGD) you should
join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan
you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed
between all parties
then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further
information.
