Job summary
At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!We are looking for a hardworking, committed Band 5 Civilian Dental Practice Manager to come join our supportive and welcoming team at Dental Centre Chester.
The position offers 37.5 hours per week. The salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken and applications for part-time or job share to cover these hours are welcome.
Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we
would love to hear from you!
Employee Benefits
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
- A culture encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
- Free on-site parking
- On-site restaurant and Costa Coffee
- Access to Gym
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide administrative and clinical support for the provision of dental care
in Defence Primary Health Care Dental Centres (DC) to enhance force generation
and operational capability and minimise dental morbidity on operations. This is to
include maintenance of clinical sessions, on average at least 1 session per week,
prioritised and directed from the Senior Dental Officer (SDO)/Regional Headquarter
(RHQ) chain of command (CoC) as required.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Undertaking CPD in the core subjects of medical emergencies, Infection
Prevention control (IPC), disinfection and decontamination, radiography and
radiation protection, legal and ethical issues and handling complaints, as
recommended by the GDC.
- Managing dental records (electronic and manual). Ensuring the correct
receipt, dispatch, registration and storage of health records hastening any
outstanding documentation as required.
- Managing and supervising referrals to Specialist Practitioners and Secondary
Care facilities, liaising with patients to ensure appointments are attended and documentation is returned to the Dental Centre on completion of treatment.
- Ensuring all requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the
General Data Protection Regulations, including Subject Access Requests
(SAR) are logged and managed in accordance with Defence Primary Health
Care (Dental) Standard Operating Procedures.
- Assisting the reporting officer in completing personnel mid-year and annual
Appraisal Report for all staff whom they have supervisory responsibilities, in a
timely fashion.
Please
pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person
Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.There will be no reimbursement
for any travel for interview.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
At Interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be
considered, taking into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are
new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless
otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security
requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is
security check.
To be considered
for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full,
prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS
pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful
for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to
Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the
offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all
our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further
information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
As a result of the
changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021,
the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa
under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business
critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa.
It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require
sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply
for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be
rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service
embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability
Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum
selection criteria.
If you need to
advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the
recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Undertaking CPD in the core subjects of medical emergencies, Infection
Prevention control (IPC), disinfection and decontamination, radiography and
radiation protection, legal and ethical issues and handling complaints, as
recommended by the GDC.
- Managing dental records (electronic and manual). Ensuring the correct
receipt, dispatch, registration and storage of health records hastening any
outstanding documentation as required.
- Managing and supervising referrals to Specialist Practitioners and Secondary
Care facilities, liaising with patients to ensure appointments are attended and documentation is returned to the Dental Centre on completion of treatment.
- Ensuring all requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the
General Data Protection Regulations, including Subject Access Requests
(SAR) are logged and managed in accordance with Defence Primary Health
Care (Dental) Standard Operating Procedures.
- Assisting the reporting officer in completing personnel mid-year and annual
Appraisal Report for all staff whom they have supervisory responsibilities, in a
timely fashion.
Please
pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person
Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.There will be no reimbursement
for any travel for interview.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
At Interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be
considered, taking into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are
new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless
otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security
requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is
security check.
To be considered
for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full,
prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS
pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful
for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to
Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the
offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all
our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further
information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
As a result of the
changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021,
the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa
under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business
critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa.
It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require
sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply
for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be
rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service
embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability
Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum
selection criteria.
If you need to
advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the
recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- National Examining Board for Dental Nurse (NEBDN) Certificate or National Vocational Qualification in Oral Healthcare Dental Nursing Level 3
- Registration with the General Dental Council (GDC)
- Institute of occupational safety and health (IOSH) Certificate
- Infection prevention control (IPC) LEVEL 1-2 certificate
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- National Examining Board for Dental Nurse (NEBDN) Certificate or National Vocational Qualification in Oral Healthcare Dental Nursing Level 3
- Registration with the General Dental Council (GDC)
- Institute of occupational safety and health (IOSH) Certificate
- Infection prevention control (IPC) LEVEL 1-2 certificate
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
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).
