Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
04/11/2025
Planned Interview
Date
11/11/2025
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated
Tutor to work within the School of Dental Care Professionals (SODCP).
The
Dental Care Professional Tutor will be an integral part of the Post
qualification team (Oral Health) within the SODCP. This will include delivery
and assessment within (Dental Care Professional) Post qualification programme
(Oral Health) and line management of learners.
Main duties of the job
Responsible
for delivery of some Dental Care Professional programmes. Assessment of
Learners within some Dental Care Professional programme.
Line
management of Learners within some Dental Care Professional programmes.
Maintenance
and updating of resources used within some Dental Care Professional
programmes.
About us
School
of Dental Care Professionals in Leeds Dental Institute is a small team of
enthusiastic and committed professionals who are responsible for the delivery
of pre and post registration education to the dental team. We have a shared
vision of becoming the best NHS provider of dental education in the country.
The
team support and encourage each other and their learners to achieve their
full potential.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Participate in recruitment and
selection of learners for some Dental Care Professional programmes
Participate in learner induction
Responsible for delivery of some
Dental Care Professional Induction programmes
Monitor learner appearance and
behaviour and take appropriate action when required
Provide support of learners within
some Dental Care Professional programmes
Agree Assessment plans with
allocated learners, working with schemes of work
Review Assessment plans with
learners
Organise planned observations of
learners in the workplace
Judging competency of a variety of
learner evidence against occupational standards
Involvement with course and
curriculum organisation for some Dental Care Professional programmes
Develop and evaluates teaching
materials
Demonstrate safe use of
equipment/materials used in dentistry and supervise use by learners
Act as nominated assessor for
assigned learners
Participate in own appraisal
Conduct appraisals / draw up
development plans for learners
Periodically participate in
chairside assisting during a range of dental procedures including provision
of pre- and post-operative advice and instruction to maintain clinical skills
and competence of practice to facilitate quality education
Attend meetings as and when
appropriate both in LDI and externally
Job description
Job responsibilities
Participate in recruitment and
selection of learners for some Dental Care Professional programmes
Participate in learner induction
Responsible for delivery of some
Dental Care Professional Induction programmes
Monitor learner appearance and
behaviour and take appropriate action when required
Provide support of learners within
some Dental Care Professional programmes
Agree Assessment plans with
allocated learners, working with schemes of work
Review Assessment plans with
learners
Organise planned observations of
learners in the workplace
Judging competency of a variety of
learner evidence against occupational standards
Involvement with course and
curriculum organisation for some Dental Care Professional programmes
Develop and evaluates teaching
materials
Demonstrate safe use of
equipment/materials used in dentistry and supervise use by learners
Act as nominated assessor for
assigned learners
Participate in own appraisal
Conduct appraisals / draw up
development plans for learners
Periodically participate in
chairside assisting during a range of dental procedures including provision
of pre- and post-operative advice and instruction to maintain clinical skills
and competence of practice to facilitate quality education
Attend meetings as and when
appropriate both in LDI and externally
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Managerial skills Competent in ICT e.g. Microsoft
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Honest, empathic, motivated, inspiring, adaptable, supportive, efficient, organised
Qualifications
Essential
- Registrable Dental Care Professional Qualification e.g C&G Diploma With relevant post-qualifications e.g. Oral Health
Desirable
- Assessment Qualification Level 4 Oral Health Practitioner
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Managerial skills Competent in ICT e.g. Microsoft
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Honest, empathic, motivated, inspiring, adaptable, supportive, efficient, organised
Qualifications
Essential
- Registrable Dental Care Professional Qualification e.g C&G Diploma With relevant post-qualifications e.g. Oral Health
Desirable
- Assessment Qualification Level 4 Oral Health Practitioner
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.
