Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the
Bridgewater NHS Community Foundation Trust as a Senior Dental
Officer.
The team you will join offers
a valued specialist service always putting the needs of its patients at the
very heart of its approaches.
Our friendly and dedicated
team operates across several clinics across the region and takes pride in
serving its communities.
The Trust offers great terms
and conditions to all its staff, and ensures they are valued as the highly
skilled professionals they are.
Opportunities to further
training and progress your career await you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an essential member of the Salaried Dental Service taking a leadership and team building role. They will work as part of a team of clinicians within the Dental Network in Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. They will work closely with the Clinical Director and the Specialist Leads in special care and paediatrics to ensure that service users receive high quality care in a timely manner and that this care will be free from stigma, discrimination or harm.
They will be expected to be a visible and responsive leader setting the standards for others to follow and to be engaged in service improvement.
Clinically the post involves the provision of comprehensive routine and specialised dental care to children and adults whose dental needs cannot be fulfilled within General Dental Practise. The post holder will work closely with the Specialist in Special Care Dentistry and Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry.
The post is based within the areas we serve within Cheshire and Merseyside and the location of work will be based on service need.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We would expect the post holder to:
- To manage and provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and NHS dental care treatment services for patients accepted by our service
- Be able to provide the long term maintenance care for patients with moderate, severe or extreme BDA case mix scores
- Organise and undertake shared care with local GDPs for patients with moderate case mix scores
- Undertake treatment with both inhalation and intravenous sedation and be comfortable in providing both paediatric exodontia under GA and adult GA cons.
- Demonstrate an additional skill in restorative or other dental treatment for example prosthetics
- Provide the role of clinical lead at base and designated clinics and be available to clinicians for advice and support
- Maintain and develop relationships with local GDPs and the LDN
- Develop relationships with other parts of the health economy
- Undertake regular reviews of case load
- Ensure that appropriate recall intervals are being set
- To take a role in the performance management of the SLAs we have with the commissioner ensuring successful delivery both in qualitative and quantitative terms
- To be responsible for the line management of clinicians and dental care professionals working within the service
- Organise training for staff or groups of staff in a clinical area
- Provide treatment on a domiciliary basis if required
- To be actively engaged in service improvement
- To maintain professional knowledge, skills and awareness of current developments within dentistry and participate in professional development activities such as
- Clinical Supervision
- Peer Review
- Clinical Governance
- Audit
- Demonstrate application of the principles of ethical behaviour relating to dentistry, including honesty, confidentiality, professional integrity and compliance with the Standards for Dental Professionals laid down by the GDC
- Keep contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust protocols.
- Other duties as may from time-to-time be delegated by the Clinical Director or other authorised officer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We would expect the post holder to:
- To manage and provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and NHS dental care treatment services for patients accepted by our service
- Be able to provide the long term maintenance care for patients with moderate, severe or extreme BDA case mix scores
- Organise and undertake shared care with local GDPs for patients with moderate case mix scores
- Undertake treatment with both inhalation and intravenous sedation and be comfortable in providing both paediatric exodontia under GA and adult GA cons.
- Demonstrate an additional skill in restorative or other dental treatment for example prosthetics
- Provide the role of clinical lead at base and designated clinics and be available to clinicians for advice and support
- Maintain and develop relationships with local GDPs and the LDN
- Develop relationships with other parts of the health economy
- Undertake regular reviews of case load
- Ensure that appropriate recall intervals are being set
- To take a role in the performance management of the SLAs we have with the commissioner ensuring successful delivery both in qualitative and quantitative terms
- To be responsible for the line management of clinicians and dental care professionals working within the service
- Organise training for staff or groups of staff in a clinical area
- Provide treatment on a domiciliary basis if required
- To be actively engaged in service improvement
- To maintain professional knowledge, skills and awareness of current developments within dentistry and participate in professional development activities such as
- Clinical Supervision
- Peer Review
- Clinical Governance
- Audit
- Demonstrate application of the principles of ethical behaviour relating to dentistry, including honesty, confidentiality, professional integrity and compliance with the Standards for Dental Professionals laid down by the GDC
- Keep contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust protocols.
- Other duties as may from time-to-time be delegated by the Clinical Director or other authorised officer.
Person Specification
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Skills & Attributes
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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience to post VT level.
- Providing dental care for children.
- Providing dental care to special care patients.
Desirable
- Treatment under general anaesthesia
- Undertaking dental care in the domiciliary setting.
- Treatment with inhalation sedation
- Treatment with intravenous sedation
- Line Management Experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery or equivalent.
- Full registration with General Dental Council.
- Performer number
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Person Specification
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Skills & Attributes
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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience to post VT level.
- Providing dental care for children.
- Providing dental care to special care patients.
Desirable
- Treatment under general anaesthesia
- Undertaking dental care in the domiciliary setting.
- Treatment with inhalation sedation
- Treatment with intravenous sedation
- Line Management Experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery or equivalent.
- Full registration with General Dental Council.
- Performer number
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
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).
