Dentist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role: Dentist

Grade: Dependent on qualifications and experience

Reports to: Lead Dentist

Role summary:

The post holder will provide high quality NHS dental services in a multidisciplinary and innovative clinical environment. Patients may be referred via student teaching clinics, either for treatments more complex than can be managed by students, or to complete courses of treatment which cannot be completed by students because of time constraints. You may also be involved in triage sessions to identify suitable patients for students to treat.

Full clinical support is offered with access to senior clinician support and advice, hygienist / therapist support and access to digital X-Rays/CBCT.

Key accountabilities:

Provide clinically appropriate, high quality NHS dental treatment to patients, following all relevant standards and guidelines.

Maintain PDSE standards of clinical governance, including infection control, patient confidentiality, clinical record keeping, etc.

Regularly carry out audits of clinical treatment.

Ensure health and safety procedures are observed at all times

Support the work of the whole dental team employed by PDSE

Measures of success:

Successful outcomes to items listed in key accountabilities and other delegated tasks

Positive customer feedback (staff, patients, and students)

Meets deadlines

Manages competing demands

Knowledge, Education and Training:

A Batchelor of Dental Surgery degree

GDC registration

Performers number

DFT supervisor (desirable)

Broad dental knowledge, with up-to-date knowledge of aspects of general practice within your scope of practice

Experience:

Demonstrable clinical experience in an NHS practice

Active in clinical dental practice

Broad experience in a wide range of treatments

Education experience (desirable)

Skills:

First class clinical skills

Team player who plans ahead and is well organised

Excellent communication

Ability to provide concise explanations and clear direction and guidance

IT Skills including use of clinical software systems, such as R4 (or similar electronic patient record system and Microsoft Office packages

Willing to work to academic standards and be involved in quality assurance

Behaviours

Professionalism

Flexibility

A team player

Other:

This job description provides a general reflection of the key accountabilities associated with the post; it is expected that the role holder will undertake any other reasonable activities to assist in efficient service delivery.

This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and his/her manager. Job descriptions should be reviewed at least annually at the appraisal meeting.

Normal working hours are 08:45 to 17:00 Monday to Friday, however on occasions to meet business need you will be required to work revised hours, typically between 08:00 and 18:00.

The Working Time Regulations apply to all employees of Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC (PDSE). PDSE will not permit staff to work in excess of 48 hours in any one week except where there are exceptional service needs where an absolute limit of averaging over a reference period of 17 weeks would apply.

All staff are required to positively support equality of opportunity and equity of treatment to colleagues and students in accordance with our Equality and Diversity Policy.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable clinical experience in an NHS practice
• Active in clinical dental practice
• Broad experience in a wide range of treatments

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC

Address

Damerel Close

Madden Road

Plymouth

Devon

PL1 4JZ

Employer's website

https://peninsuladental.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)