Senior Dentist - Band B -Dorset

Job summary

What better time than now to come and join our vibrant and friendly Community Dental Teams in the beautiful county of Dorset.

We are delighted to further our ability for skill-mixed teams and extend an invite to qualifiedBand B Dental Officerto join our Consultant-led Special Care Dentistry and Paediatric Dentistry work. You will be based at our new, purpose built 6 chair clinic in Poole.

Our services are large enough to make your work variable and interesting,yet are small enough to make the experience of working here greatly satisfying and personal to you.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general dental practice (GDP) care, as well as a variety of work including general anaesthesia, domiciliary, urgent care and minor oral surgery.

Your new colleagues are in place and waiting for you to join them in the special workplace which makes a huge difference to people's lives and is somewhere to call your work home.

As a new team-mate and individual colleague, you will be very well supported in every aspect of your role. We have empowered teams, experienced line management and exceptional clinical supervision with exciting opportunities for continued professional development.

For a taste of what it's like working for our community dentistry service, please view our video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q62-Vf0osQ

Further information available from our website:

www.somersetft.nhs.uk/dental-services/current-vacancies/

About us

Living in Dorset is a wonderful, high quality of life experience for everyone:

• Established public transport networks
• Access to beautiful coastal towns, countryside, moors and hills aplenty
• Great sports facilities and seasonal cultural events

Community Dental Services are a Consultant Led service with many benefits:

• Clear job planning and framework for management and clinical supervision
• Variety of work - inhalation Sedation, IV, General Anaesthetic clinics all possible
• Appointment times range from 30-90 minutes
• Monday-Friday 0830-1700 with 1 hour for lunch, 75% patient facing workhours, 25% non-patient facing hours
• Invested in consistent and highly skilled dental nurse team support
• Mature business structure to support and take on claim and administration duties
• Crown indemnity and PAYE
• No lab bills
• Progression and development opportunities from trainee to consultant posts
• Supported CPD days with opportunities for individual and team working
• Established links with training providers
• Specialist placements
• NHS Pension, generous leave and terms and conditions