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 own career development
as well as being part of an excellent team!
We have a great
opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed, and professional Civilian Dental
Practitioner (CDP) to join our Primary Health Care team here at RAF Halton Dental Centre. Halton Dental Centre is a combined practice with dental centre High Wycombe and the applicant will share their time between the two sites.
This role is
a permanent position offering 29.5 hours per week. The salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken.
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
- Free clinical footwear
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 29.5 weekly hours, 2 hours may be attributed to nonclinical 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 for the role include but are not limited to:
-
Inspecting
all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in line with the
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing follow
up treatment as required.
-
Work
collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interest 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.
-
Onward
referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or consultants
for treatment as appropriate
Please pay
particular attention to the attached job description/Terms of Reference and
person specification prior to applying,
which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details:
This
vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and the selection at sift stage
will be based on your CV application, once copied and pasted onto your
application. Ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills,
knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in the CV section of the
application form.
Show the
sift team why YOU are the one to hire! Remember - make sure no personal
details are included.
At
interview, you will be evaluated against the following Behaviours:
-
Changing
and improving
-
Communicating
and influencing
-
Developing
Self and Others
-
Managing
a Quality Service
-
Delivering
at Pace
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing
date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Please copy
and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on advice preparing
your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based
questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations
from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour
requested and how to use your 250-word limit:
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be
eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships
detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Additional Information:
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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 a Baseline Security Clearance (SC).
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken.
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.
The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service
users. In line with the NHS England approach, MOD is in the process of making
full vaccination a condition of deployment for its healthcare workers employed
across the UK. To comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have
the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination status during the
recruitment process. Please see the attached further information document for
full details.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares,
or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the
full package, subject to eligibility.
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 currently being advertised has not been assessed as business
critical and 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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans
initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for Veterans Scheme:
Office for
Veterans Affairs | Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
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 for the role include but are not limited to:
-
Inspecting
all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in line with the
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing follow
up treatment as required.
-
Work
collaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interest 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.
-
Onward
referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or consultants
for treatment as appropriate
Please pay
particular attention to the attached job description/Terms of Reference and
person specification prior to applying,
which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details:
This
vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and the selection at sift stage
will be based on your CV application, once copied and pasted onto your
application. Ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills,
knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in the CV section of the
application form.
Show the
sift team why YOU are the one to hire! Remember - make sure no personal
details are included.
At
interview, you will be evaluated against the following Behaviours:
-
Changing
and improving
-
Communicating
and influencing
-
Developing
Self and Others
-
Managing
a Quality Service
-
Delivering
at Pace
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing
date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Please copy
and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on advice preparing
your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based
questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations
from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour
requested and how to use your 250-word limit:
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be
eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships
detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Additional Information:
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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 a Baseline Security Clearance (SC).
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are
undertaken.
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.
The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service
users. In line with the NHS England approach, MOD is in the process of making
full vaccination a condition of deployment for its healthcare workers employed
across the UK. To comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have
the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination status during the
recruitment process. Please see the attached further information document for
full details.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares,
or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the
full package, subject to eligibility.
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 currently being advertised has not been assessed as business
critical and 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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans
initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for Veterans Scheme:
Office for
Veterans Affairs | Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
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
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership number. You are required to be registered with the General Dental Council, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training, certified completion of Dental Foundation training in the UK (or qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the National Health Service). Or. Have Experience of at least 24 months post-graduate current clinical experience in a primary dental care setting )either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practise independently.
C.V.
Essential
- Please copy and paste your 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.
Experience
Essential
- To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintained evidence of clinical currency, specifically, a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over the last 15 months.
Person Specification
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership number. You are required to be registered with the General Dental Council, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training, certified completion of Dental Foundation training in the UK (or qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the National Health Service). Or. Have Experience of at least 24 months post-graduate current clinical experience in a primary dental care setting )either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practise independently.
C.V.
Essential
- Please copy and paste your 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.
Experience
Essential
- To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintained evidence of clinical currency, specifically, a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over 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).
