Job summary
We are seeking anenthusiastic andmotivatedDental Therapist to join the Community Special Care Dentistry Team in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
This is a Consultant lead specialist service providing high quality community-based dentistry to adults with special needs, in multiple sites across Birmingham and the Black Country.
We are looking for an experienced hygienist or therapist to provide care for adults with disabilities. This role is a permanent, part time role, 0.4 WTE.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality dental treatment as prescribed by a registered dentist for
patients with a wide range of high treatment needs for those who have special
needs and are unable to access care in the General Dental Service
To carry out the full range of clinical procedures as permitted within the Dental Therapists Scope of Practice of clinical, under the prescription of registered dentist who has examined the patient and prescribed in writing the course of treatment as defined by the General Dental Council.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the enclosed job description and personal specification for further details of the available role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the enclosed job description and personal specification for further details of the available role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
- Evidence of continuing education undertaken regularly
- Full General Dental Council registration
- Competency in permitted extended duties: ?Dental radiography ?Local infiltration anaesthesia ?Inferior dental nerve block anaesthesia ?Dental impressions ?Placement of temporary dressings ?Re-cementing of crown
Desirable
- Competency/certification in the provision Inhalation Sedation under UK guidelines
- Certificate in postgraduate medical education or equivalent
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Good empathic interpersonal and communication skills (written & verbal) beyond those required for routine dental care in general dental practice.
- IT skills in clinical software and Microsoft Office
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a dental hygienist and therapist in restorative treatment for adults and managing patients with advanced periodontal disease.
- Extensive experience in working/dealing with special needs groups including those with learning and physical disabilities, the elderly, medically compromised, severe dental phobia, challenging behaviour and those with neuro diversities.
- Experience of providing treatment for adults with severe dental anxiety
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit / peer review
Desirable
- Experience of treating adults with a range of disabilities
- Previous relevant teaching experience
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- High quality clinical skills beyond those required for routine dental care in general dental practice.
- Good knowledge of the role of the Special Care/Restorative/Paediaitric Dentistry in secondary and tertiary care.
- Ability to empathise with students needs and provide effective feedback.
- Maintain a high level of clinical practice knowledge and skills relating to evidence-based practice.
- Knowledge of specific needs of patients with complex medical conditions e.g., complex respiratory conditions bariatric patients and those with dermatological conditions (e.g., Epidermolysis Bullosa) to enable safe practice.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills appropriate to the provision of specialist care in specialist environments and those required in the learning environment.
- Receive and analyse complex information and determine individual care packages in own clinical practice and for multiple patients at one time during clinical supervision of undergraduates.
- Collaborate and interact professionally with individuals.
- Ability to work under pressure and on initiative.
- Work without direct supervision and make appropriate clinical decisions.
- Ability to deal with emotional and distressing situations and possible aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to source knowledge in to provide clinical care under quality assurance.
- Participate in and evaluate audit and research.
- Safe use of specialist dental and edental radiography equipment.
- Work in confined spaces which may require periods of sitting or standing.
- Concentrate for long periods of time.
Desirable
- Management of patients with cranio-facial abnormalities/disease
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to reflect on own practice and learn from experience and feedback.
- Responsible and accountable for own professional actions.
- Ability to practice discretion,
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Prioritising and planning skills for self in own clinical practice and others within student supervision role.
- Commitment to professional development.
- Flexibility and adaptable to change including working in all Dental Service sites depending on service need.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
- Evidence of continuing education undertaken regularly
- Full General Dental Council registration
- Competency in permitted extended duties: ?Dental radiography ?Local infiltration anaesthesia ?Inferior dental nerve block anaesthesia ?Dental impressions ?Placement of temporary dressings ?Re-cementing of crown
Desirable
- Competency/certification in the provision Inhalation Sedation under UK guidelines
- Certificate in postgraduate medical education or equivalent
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Good empathic interpersonal and communication skills (written & verbal) beyond those required for routine dental care in general dental practice.
- IT skills in clinical software and Microsoft Office
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a dental hygienist and therapist in restorative treatment for adults and managing patients with advanced periodontal disease.
- Extensive experience in working/dealing with special needs groups including those with learning and physical disabilities, the elderly, medically compromised, severe dental phobia, challenging behaviour and those with neuro diversities.
- Experience of providing treatment for adults with severe dental anxiety
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit / peer review
Desirable
- Experience of treating adults with a range of disabilities
- Previous relevant teaching experience
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- High quality clinical skills beyond those required for routine dental care in general dental practice.
- Good knowledge of the role of the Special Care/Restorative/Paediaitric Dentistry in secondary and tertiary care.
- Ability to empathise with students needs and provide effective feedback.
- Maintain a high level of clinical practice knowledge and skills relating to evidence-based practice.
- Knowledge of specific needs of patients with complex medical conditions e.g., complex respiratory conditions bariatric patients and those with dermatological conditions (e.g., Epidermolysis Bullosa) to enable safe practice.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills appropriate to the provision of specialist care in specialist environments and those required in the learning environment.
- Receive and analyse complex information and determine individual care packages in own clinical practice and for multiple patients at one time during clinical supervision of undergraduates.
- Collaborate and interact professionally with individuals.
- Ability to work under pressure and on initiative.
- Work without direct supervision and make appropriate clinical decisions.
- Ability to deal with emotional and distressing situations and possible aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to source knowledge in to provide clinical care under quality assurance.
- Participate in and evaluate audit and research.
- Safe use of specialist dental and edental radiography equipment.
- Work in confined spaces which may require periods of sitting or standing.
- Concentrate for long periods of time.
Desirable
- Management of patients with cranio-facial abnormalities/disease
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to reflect on own practice and learn from experience and feedback.
- Responsible and accountable for own professional actions.
- Ability to practice discretion,
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Prioritising and planning skills for self in own clinical practice and others within student supervision role.
- Commitment to professional development.
- Flexibility and adaptable to change including working in all Dental Service sites depending on service need.
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).
