Job summary
As a specialist in Dental Radiography, the role holder will
proactively contribute creative and innovative solutions to enable and deliver effective teaching in
Dental Radiography. They will train staff, students or other colleagues in Dental Radiography,
ensuring teaching reflects current best practice, and providing professional expertise.
Main duties of the job
Use specialist skill and experience to provide services, guidance, troubleshooting, support
and training to other staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Apply professional expertise in the design and delivery of stimulating learning solutions for
Dental Radiography within the School.
Provide technical input into specialist purchases, liaising with relevant contacts and suppliers
to ensure fit for purpose solutions and cost effectiveness.
Undertake quality assurance procedures on specialist radiographic equipment.
Writing risk assessments and method statements/standard operating procedures (SOPs), or
providing guidance to service users, ensuring compliance with all relevant guidelines.
Use of expert knowledge to implement and review local rules, University Health & Safety
policies and legislative requirements; set and uphold standards, e.g. safe working, good
working practices, relevant legal frameworks.
Promote high standards in dental radiographic imaging, radiation protection, infection
control, information governance and patient care.
Contribute to suggestions for examination and assessment as part of wider assessment using
radiography specialist knowledge, particular areas related to IRMER and radiation safety.
Responsible for day to day management of specialist teaching resources or facilities.
About us
The Bristol Dental School leads multi-disciplinary research in laboratory, clinical and populationsciences. The research groups and laboratories are geographically located alongside cliniciansfacilitating close working relationships between clinical and non-clinical researchers, and supportinga successful programme of training for clinical academics. To ensure critical mass and world-leadingresearch quality, the Schools research groups are integrated into the Universitys Strategic ResearchInstitutes and Networks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details including a breakdown of the role responsibilities and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details including a breakdown of the role responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive practical experience and clinical excellence
- in dental and maxillofacial radiography.
- Ability to teach, trained and instruct appropriately in various ways at various levels and to communicate clearly regarding material of a specialist or highly technical nature.
- Detailed, current specialist knowledge and refined
- skills; extensive experience in the Dental Radiography discipline.
- Ability to work independently, and apply specialist knowledge to
- to provide solutions.
- Consistently maintaining a high level of accuracy and precision in all
- areas of work.
Qualifications
Essential
- DCR (R) or BSc (Hons) Radiography or equivalent
- qualification to enable employment as a radiographer within the UK
- Registration with the UK Health and Care Professions
- Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification/s in teaching and learning
- Proven experience in the design, review and implementation of practical teaching in Dental Radiography
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive practical experience and clinical excellence
- in dental and maxillofacial radiography.
- Ability to teach, trained and instruct appropriately in various ways at various levels and to communicate clearly regarding material of a specialist or highly technical nature.
- Detailed, current specialist knowledge and refined
- skills; extensive experience in the Dental Radiography discipline.
- Ability to work independently, and apply specialist knowledge to
- to provide solutions.
- Consistently maintaining a high level of accuracy and precision in all
- areas of work.
Qualifications
Essential
- DCR (R) or BSc (Hons) Radiography or equivalent
- qualification to enable employment as a radiographer within the UK
- Registration with the UK Health and Care Professions
- Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification/s in teaching and learning
- Proven experience in the design, review and implementation of practical teaching in Dental Radiography
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
