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 looking for a captivating role working alongside the military, a role that offers great benefits and opportunities for furthering your own career development!
We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed, and professional Civilian Dental Practitioner (CDP) to join our Primary Health Care team here at dental centre Bulford,
Bengal Road, Bulford, Wiltshire, SP4 9AD.
This role is a permanent, part-time position offering 12.5 hours per week. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Note: This role is 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will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Benefits
- General
Dental Council (GDC) Annual Fees are currently reimbursed
- Paid
Annual Leave (Pro Rata for part time)!
- A
culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- On-Call
Allowance
- Access
to pension scheme
- Regional
training days/Peer Review Days with free transport
- Continuous
professional development (CPD) training supplied
- Discounted
fee to access fitness facilities
- Free
laundry of clinical wear & Free Clinical footwear
- We
offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave
- Free
parking
Main duties of the job
A CDP is responsible for
providing clinical outputs, improving, and managing the dental health and
operational fitness of service personnel.
Within your contracted 12.5
weekly hours, 2 hours may be attributed to non-clinical activities including
practice meetings, training, and personal administration.
Overall your aim is to maximise
the deployability of the Population at Risk for whom you are responsible.
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 will include, but are not limited to:
- Inspecting all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in
line with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and
providing follow up treatment as required.
- Work collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best
interest of patients.
- Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable
stores, the safe3 custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of
equipment is always kept to a high standard.
- Onward referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or
consultants for treatment as appropriate.
Please
pay particular attention to the attached job description/ Terms of Reference and person
specification prior to applying, which outlines the role requirements in
further detail.
Selection Process Details
This
vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new
window), and the
selection at sift stage will be based on your CV/ application form. 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.
At
interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
-
Leadership
-
Changing and improving
-
Communicating and influencing
-
Developing Self and Others
-
Managing a Quality Service
-
Delivering
at Pace
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the
vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on
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:
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
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 eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and
memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your
application.
Additional Information
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.
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.
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 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. 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.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home,
excess fares, or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be
eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for
Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for
Veterans Scheme: Office for
Veterans Affairs | Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or
reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Inspecting all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in
line with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and
providing follow up treatment as required.
- Work collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best
interest of patients.
- Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable
stores, the safe3 custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of
equipment is always kept to a high standard.
- Onward referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or
consultants for treatment as appropriate.
Please
pay particular attention to the attached job description/ Terms of Reference and person
specification prior to applying, which outlines the role requirements in
further detail.
Selection Process Details
This
vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new
window), and the
selection at sift stage will be based on your CV/ application form. 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.
At
interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
-
Leadership
-
Changing and improving
-
Communicating and influencing
-
Developing Self and Others
-
Managing a Quality Service
-
Delivering
at Pace
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the
vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on
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:
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
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 eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and
memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your
application.
Additional Information
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.
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.
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 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. 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.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home,
excess fares, or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be
eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for
Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for
Veterans Scheme: Office for
Veterans Affairs | Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or
reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training (or have qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the National Health Service). OR
- Have evidence of adequate current clinical experience (either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practice independently. Additionally
- To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintain evidence of clinical currency, specifically a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over the last 15 months.
- Full registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) without conditions.
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid registration number.
Desirable
- A background in military dentistry provision and primary dental care.
- A valid United Kingdom driving license, this is to enable traveling to and working from other local regional dental centres if requested.
- Evidence of currency with General Dental Council Continuous Professional Development requirements
- Being prepared to contribute to the development of staff skills and knowledge.
- Confidence in utilising Information Technology.
- Participate fully in the Civilian Dental Practitioners performance management and the Clinical Quality Assurance & Appraisal processes
- Be ready to cover On-Call out of hours duties as part of a Regional team, if required.
Provide CV
Essential
- 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.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training (or have qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the National Health Service). OR
- Have evidence of adequate current clinical experience (either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practice independently. Additionally
- To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintain evidence of clinical currency, specifically a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over the last 15 months.
- Full registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) without conditions.
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid registration number.
Desirable
- A background in military dentistry provision and primary dental care.
- A valid United Kingdom driving license, this is to enable traveling to and working from other local regional dental centres if requested.
- Evidence of currency with General Dental Council Continuous Professional Development requirements
- Being prepared to contribute to the development of staff skills and knowledge.
- Confidence in utilising Information Technology.
- Participate fully in the Civilian Dental Practitioners performance management and the Clinical Quality Assurance & Appraisal processes
- Be ready to cover On-Call out of hours duties as part of a Regional team, if required.
Provide CV
Essential
- 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.
- Please use double spacing where possible
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
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
