Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an
inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled
personnel.
Are you looking for a
captivating role working alongside the military, a role that offers great
benefits and opportunities for furthering your career development as well as
being part of an excellent team?
We have a new opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed,
and professional Civilian Dental Practitioner (CDP) to join our Primary Health
Care team here at Dental Centre Bulford, Wiltshire, SP4 9AD.
This role will be 37 hours a week, however, requests to
work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business
needs.
Benefits
General Dental Council (GDC) Annual Fees are
currently reimbursed
Paid Annual Leave (Pro Rata for part time)!
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
On-Call Allowance
Access to pension scheme
Regional training days/Peer Review Days with
free transport
Continuous professional development (CPD)
training supplied
Discounted fee to access fitness facilities
Free laundry of clinical wear & Free
Clinical footwear
We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental
leave
Free parking
Main duties of the job
A CDP is responsible for providing clinical outputs,
improving, and managing the dental health and operational fitness of service
personnel.
Within your contracted 37 weekly hours, 2 hours may be
attributed to non-clinical activities including practice meetings, training,
and personal administration.
Overall, your aim is to maximise the deployability of the
Population at Risk for whom you are responsible.
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 of this role include but are not limited to:
- Work collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interests of patients.
- Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable stores, the
safe custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of equipment is always kept to a
high standard.
- Forward referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or consultants for
treatment as appropriate.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
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 expenses for the interview.
At interview you will be tested against the following behaviours:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing self and others
- Managing a quality service
- Delivering at pace
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.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Due to COVID 19, there is now a reqirement for dental clinical staff to be fit tested for a FFP3 mask, which has to be worn when managaing a patient who is undergoing an aerosol generating procedure (AGP). The successful candidate will be fit tested prior to commencing employment.
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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:
- Work collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interests of patients.
- Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable stores, the
safe custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of equipment is always kept to a
high standard.
- Forward referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or consultants for
treatment as appropriate.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
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 expenses for the interview.
At interview you will be tested against the following behaviours:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing self and others
- Managing a quality service
- Delivering at pace
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.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Due to COVID 19, there is now a reqirement for dental clinical staff to be fit tested for a FFP3 mask, which has to be worn when managaing a patient who is undergoing an aerosol generating procedure (AGP). The successful candidate will be fit tested prior to commencing employment.
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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the general Dental Council without conditions
- Have undertaken Foundation Dentist certified completion of Dental Foundation Training in the UK or equivalent or have evidence of at least 24 months
- To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintain evidence of clinical currency, specifically a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over the last 15 months
Experience
Essential
- Have evidence of adequate current clinical experience (either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practice independently.
- To have maintained their clinical currency and must have worked within a clinical practice within the last 15 months.
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the general Dental Council without conditions
- Have undertaken Foundation Dentist certified completion of Dental Foundation Training in the UK or equivalent or have evidence of at least 24 months
- To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintain evidence of clinical currency, specifically a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over the last 15 months
Experience
Essential
- Have evidence of adequate current clinical experience (either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practice independently.
- To have maintained their clinical currency and must have worked within a clinical practice within the last 15 months.
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).
