Dental Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose: To provide dental care for priority groups in a variety of settings.

Duties and Responsibilities: Provide a wide range of primary dental care for patients including children, people with disabilities, older people and those referred by general dental practitioners.

Adhere to department and professional standards/protocols without direct supervision. Comment on department policies and propose changes to departmental working practices or procedures as necessary.

Access communication from the Trust and from the department via e-mail.

Complete FP17 forms for patients and determine which band the course of treatment falls into.

Organise the collection of patient charges and report any bad debtors to the Head of Dental services.

Provide dental care in the domiciliary setting for patients who are housebound.

Provide dental care in secure mental health facilities.

Provide dental care in hospital under general anaesthesia for patients who cannot have their treatment provided in the clinic.

Support the Head of Dental Services to maintain health and safety and security within the department, reporting risks and taking appropriate action as required.

Participate in audit and peer review as required.

The post holder will be required to undertake any other duties and responsibilities within the framework of the post.

Standard Information to be included in all job specifications

Information Governance

Employees of the Trust must comply with the provisions of the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).

• The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any personal information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

• The postholder must comply with Trust policies that protect the personal data of service users and employees from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use and must pay due regard to the requirements of the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice.

• The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in the Trust records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

• Postholders with elevated access to IT systems are held accountable to the highest standards of use.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post-holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 applies to all Trust staff. It is the responsibility of every person to ensure that they keep up to date with the Act and that the delivery of patient care/services is conducted in line with local and national policy and the MCA Code of Practice.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

The Trust has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all Trust employees are required to adhere to national and local safeguarding policies / procedures and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Infection Control

It is Trust policy to reduce the risk of Healthcare Associated Infection by having in place Infection Prevention and Control Policies. These policies must be adhered to by all staff to ensure patients are cared for in a clean environment and receive the highest standards of clinical care.

Smoke Free NHS

The NHS is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The post-holder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the post-holder.

Equality and Diversity

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways that support equality and diversity and work within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998.

Person Specification

Job Specific Criteria

Essential

• Inclusion on a Performers List
• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form.

Desirable

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery or equivalent, with full registration with General Dental Council.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience to post VT level.
• Providing dental care for children.
• Providing dental care for people with disabilities.

Desirable

• Treatment under general anaesthesia
• Undertaking dental care in the domiciliary setting.
• Treatment with inhalation sedation
• Treatment in prisons and secure mental health facilities

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to provide a wide range of dental care to a high standard.
• Good verbal communication skills
• Good written communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to manage own workload.
• Basic I.T. skills
• Knowledge of professional standards.
• Ability to work as a member of a large team.
• Ability to use electronic dental patient records system.
• Knowledge of FP17s, treatment banding and patient charges.

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

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leigh Health Centre

The Avenue

Leigh

Lancashire

WN7 1HR

Employer's website

http://bridgewater.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)