Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered dental practitioner with current GDC registration and proven leadership experience to join our Performance and Delivery Team within BNSSG ICB. This is an opportunity to bring your expertise and experience to implement a dental strategy that guides the future commissioning of NHS dental services for people living in BNSSG.
The chosen candidate will collaborate and provide solution focused leadership to deliver the dental strategic plans. They will work closely with dental practices, the wider BNSSG Strategic Commissioning Team, the regional Collaborative Commissioning Hub, local authority public health dental leads as well as patients and community and acute service providers to enhance the quality and effectiveness of services.
Effective from 1st April 2023, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB) took on the delegated responsibility for the oversight of dental, general ophthalmic, and pharmaceutical services.
Main duties of the job
Operate in a flexible & demanding environment & engage with stakeholders.
Provide dental expertise to, & oversight of, the dental strategy priority areas, high street access, community dental services, Oral Health promotion & workforce.
Employ effective communication, negotiation & influencing skills to enable stakeholder relationships to deliver objectives over the duration of the project.
Provide dental advice to ensure accuracy of dental communications from ICB staff.
Influence, lead & support the development of relationships across the ICB to enable collaboration for better patient outcomes.
Provide dental expertise & oversight to the ICB in developing & delivering the dental strategic plan & provide vision & strategic direction to the team.
Participate in case investigations including visiting practices & face to face interviews.
Advise on dental and oral health matters, working with other clinical professional colleagues in the BNSSG clinical dental network, collaborating with primary, secondary, community, & third sector organisations to enhance integrated dental care services.
Provide clinical advice from a general dental perspective on the planning & monitoring of dental services, clinical dentistry & dental workforce development including Dental Care Professionals.
Provide & receive highly complex, sensitive & contentious information, presenting information, to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
About us
We are committed to creating an inclusive organisation that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that helps us to deliver the best services. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community; from people of all ages, disabled people, all genders, people from ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+ people, people with diverse gender identity and expression, people from all religions and beliefs and other diverse characteristics, and we have processes in place to ensure that all applications are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role, the post holder will:
1. Provide dental expertise to and oversight of the dental strategy priority areas; Oral Health promotion, increasing access, reducing health inequalities and workforce development.
2. Drive collaboration with regional and national dental clinical leads to exchange best practices and deliver best care models in BNSSG.
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an on-going basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role, the post holder will:
1. Provide dental expertise to and oversight of the dental strategy priority areas; Oral Health promotion, increasing access, reducing health inequalities and workforce development.
2. Drive collaboration with regional and national dental clinical leads to exchange best practices and deliver best care models in BNSSG.
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an on-going basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Member of a relevant professional body (Registered dental practitioner with current GDC registration.).
- Currently on the NHS performers list as a registered GDP in BNSSG.
- Proven and significant leadership experience with experience in leading a project, team and/or service.
- Significant evidence of continued professional development.
- Experienced dental clinician with demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment.
- Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry.
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks in a political context like the NHS.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of active involvement in local, regional or national strategy groups.
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Experienced clinician with credibility and the ability to command the respect of clinical dental teams and non-clinical professionals.
- Demonstrable commitment to, and focus on, quality; promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environment.
Desirable
- Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment and experience in handling media enquiries.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse and assimilate highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives.
- Experience of developing, applying and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Desirable
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects.
Autonomy
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Self-motivated, pro-active and innovative.
Management Skills
Essential
- Experience in leading a major change initiative with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment.
- Experience of creating a new team and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective.
- Ability to delegate effectively.
- Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required.
- Effective interpersonal, motivational, and influencing skills.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Member of a relevant professional body (Registered dental practitioner with current GDC registration.).
- Currently on the NHS performers list as a registered GDP in BNSSG.
- Proven and significant leadership experience with experience in leading a project, team and/or service.
- Significant evidence of continued professional development.
- Experienced dental clinician with demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment.
- Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry.
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks in a political context like the NHS.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of active involvement in local, regional or national strategy groups.
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Experienced clinician with credibility and the ability to command the respect of clinical dental teams and non-clinical professionals.
- Demonstrable commitment to, and focus on, quality; promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environment.
Desirable
- Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment and experience in handling media enquiries.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse and assimilate highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives.
- Experience of developing, applying and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Desirable
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects.
Autonomy
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Self-motivated, pro-active and innovative.
Management Skills
Essential
- Experience in leading a major change initiative with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment.
- Experience of creating a new team and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective.
- Ability to delegate effectively.
- Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required.
- Effective interpersonal, motivational, and influencing skills.
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).
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.
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
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Address
BNSSG ICB Temple Street
100 Temple Street,
Bristol
BS1 6AG
Employer's website
https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
