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 Health Care team, here at the Dental
Centre Cottesmore, Kendrew Barracks, Cottesmore, Rutland, LE15 7BL. This Centre
is part of a network practice with Royal Air Force Wittering and therefore there
will be a requirement to work at both sites.
Looking for a
fascinating role, working alongside the military, that offers numerous benefits
and opportunities for career-development in an excellent team? If so, then we
would love to hear from you!
This is a full
time position, offering 37 hours per week.
We are offering the following employee benefits:
- A Civil
Service Pension
- Free Parking
- Access to
Gym/Sports Facilities
- On-site
shop/Canteen/Coffee shop
- Inclusive
working environment
- Learning and
development opportunities
Main duties of the job
As the Dental
Practitioner, you will be responsible for providing clinical outputs and work
should be directed towards improving and maintaining the dental health and
operational fitness of service personnel. You will attribute about 2 hours per
week to non-clinical activities including practice meetings, training, and
personal admin.
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 youve 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 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 (NICE) guidelines and
providing follow up treatment as required.
- Providing an
occupational oral health assessment, being fully conversant with North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation (NATO) 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.
- Working
collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interests of
patients.
- Onward
referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists or consultants for
treatment as appropriate.
- Ensuring that
contemporaneous notes are recorded on individuals integrated electronic
healthcare records for all episodes of care.
Please pay
particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification,
which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
The selection
at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against
the following Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big
Picture
- Changing and
Improving
- Making
Effective Decisions
- Developing
Self and Others
- Communicating
and Influencing
Please ensure
you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience,
qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
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.
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.
Please copy
and paste 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.
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. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a
proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to
provide sufficient evidence 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.
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 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.
This vacancy
is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
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.
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 the Defence 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 a number of Defence
Establishments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties 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 (NICE) guidelines and
providing follow up treatment as required.
- Providing an
occupational oral health assessment, being fully conversant with North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation (NATO) 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.
- Working
collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interests of
patients.
- Onward
referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists or consultants for
treatment as appropriate.
- Ensuring that
contemporaneous notes are recorded on individuals integrated electronic
healthcare records for all episodes of care.
Please pay
particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification,
which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
The selection
at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against
the following Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big
Picture
- Changing and
Improving
- Making
Effective Decisions
- Developing
Self and Others
- Communicating
and Influencing
Please ensure
you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience,
qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
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.
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.
Please copy
and paste 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.
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. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a
proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to
provide sufficient evidence 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.
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 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.
This vacancy
is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
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.
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 the Defence 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 a number of Defence
Establishments.
Person Specification
Registration details
Essential
- 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 membership registration number.
Provide a 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.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Must be registered with the General Dental Council
Person Specification
Registration details
Essential
- 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 membership registration number.
Provide a 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.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Must be registered with the General Dental Council
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).
