Job summary
Want to make a real difference? You couldnt be in better company.
We are seeking dentists to join our team in delivering Urgent and Emergency Dental Care for patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly unable to access a General Dental Practitioner, and for visitors to the county requiring emergency care.
A salaried position without the stress of UDAs and clawback but with the benefit of an NHS pension, this post would suit an experienced dentist seeking to refocus their dental career and make a genuine difference to those who need us most in our local community.
Reporting to our Clinical Director, this is an ideal opportunity to make that perfect career change, genuinely make a difference and help drive service improvement. Maybe even develop an interest in oral surgery.
Main duties of the job
Our package includes:
- From £65,000 per annum, depending on experience (paid pro-rata if not working full time)
- Paid indemnity and GDC registration (pro rata)
- Access to NHS pension
- 27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays each year (pro-rata)
- Additional paid day off for your birthday
- Working with highly skilled, enthusiastic and fun teams, committed to patient care
- Support in defining and developing your professional career in a positive and enabling environment
- An excellent dedicated and personalised training package to help maintain your CPD and wider professional development via our Smile Together Training Academy
- A friendly support network with an induction colleague assigned to assist your transition to our company
- A range of health and wellbeing resources and support
- Outstanding work life balance in a beautiful part of the country
- Opportunity to become a shareholder* and have a genuine voice in our employee-owned business
- Opportunity to engage in community-based oral health improvement projects, and we have quite an impact as you can see herehttps://smiletogether.co.uk/our-impact/
- Our workforce benefits package including company bonus (paid pro rata) and shareholder dividend scheme*
Salary and benefits are pro rata if not working full time our standard full-time contract is 37.5 hours per week excluding breaks.
About us
Its never been a more exciting time to join us were an employee-owned social enterprise and were the UKs first dental practice to become B Corp certified. This means we care for Cornwall, our society and the environment.
Wherever you are in your dental career, were a committed and friendly team that puts our people and patients first, giving you the opportunity to work, develop and progress your career in a safe, supportive environment. Its never been a more exciting time to join us in providing a valued dental service in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Summary:
Providing urgent and emergency dental care for patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
unable to access a General Dental Practitioner, and for visitors to the county requiring
emergency care
Accountabilities:
As an employee you must take personal responsibility for understanding and complying
with Smile Togethers standards and any other Standards of Professional Conduct of any
government, regulatory organisation, licensing agency, or professional association
governing your professional activities.
Employee
Handbook:
The expectations of the organisation are outlined in the employee handbook and you are
expected to familiarise yourself with those expectations.
Social
Enterprise:
All employees are aware of the status of Smile Together Dental CIC as a Social
Enterprise and are expected to commit to the values expected of a CIC and actively
contribute to innovations in supporting the local community to improve oral health
Key
accountabilities:
- Providing urgent and emergency dental care for patients (both children and adults)
unable to access a General Dental Practitioner
- Treating target numbers of patients
- Providing excellence of service including written clinical detail enabling colleagues
to provide face-to-face treatment or other interventions at future appointments
- Actively engaging with Smile Together teams and participating in peer review,
clinical audit activities, planning and development sessions and in-house meetings
etc
- Developing relationships within the Urgent Dental Care Managed Clinical Network
- Being responsible for safe working and practice on a day-to-day basis in sites of
clinical activity, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and legislation,
appropriate health, safety and security procedures within the work area, and
reporting accidents, incidents and near misses using the Smile Together incident
reporting procedure
2 of 2
- Undertaking other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Directors and
Smile Together Management Team
- To work with the Clinical Directors and other operational and clinical leads to
ensure your experience and knowledge helps to drive service improvement
- Maintaining and developing your clinical competency and continuing
professional/personal development according to agreed training needs via our
Smile Together Training Academy, other external educational providers and
Perform (appraisal and review system)
- To develop a Personal Development Plan as described in the GDC Standards
- To support colleagues in the delivery of urgent and emergency care services
including temperature checks with co-workers in this clinical environment
- Working alongside clinical and professional support colleagues in facilitating
ongoing organisational change and development
Other:
This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the
post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between
the post holder and their manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Summary:
Providing urgent and emergency dental care for patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
unable to access a General Dental Practitioner, and for visitors to the county requiring
emergency care
Accountabilities:
As an employee you must take personal responsibility for understanding and complying
with Smile Togethers standards and any other Standards of Professional Conduct of any
government, regulatory organisation, licensing agency, or professional association
governing your professional activities.
Employee
Handbook:
The expectations of the organisation are outlined in the employee handbook and you are
expected to familiarise yourself with those expectations.
Social
Enterprise:
All employees are aware of the status of Smile Together Dental CIC as a Social
Enterprise and are expected to commit to the values expected of a CIC and actively
contribute to innovations in supporting the local community to improve oral health
Key
accountabilities:
- Providing urgent and emergency dental care for patients (both children and adults)
unable to access a General Dental Practitioner
- Treating target numbers of patients
- Providing excellence of service including written clinical detail enabling colleagues
to provide face-to-face treatment or other interventions at future appointments
- Actively engaging with Smile Together teams and participating in peer review,
clinical audit activities, planning and development sessions and in-house meetings
etc
- Developing relationships within the Urgent Dental Care Managed Clinical Network
- Being responsible for safe working and practice on a day-to-day basis in sites of
clinical activity, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and legislation,
appropriate health, safety and security procedures within the work area, and
reporting accidents, incidents and near misses using the Smile Together incident
reporting procedure
2 of 2
- Undertaking other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Directors and
Smile Together Management Team
- To work with the Clinical Directors and other operational and clinical leads to
ensure your experience and knowledge helps to drive service improvement
- Maintaining and developing your clinical competency and continuing
professional/personal development according to agreed training needs via our
Smile Together Training Academy, other external educational providers and
Perform (appraisal and review system)
- To develop a Personal Development Plan as described in the GDC Standards
- To support colleagues in the delivery of urgent and emergency care services
including temperature checks with co-workers in this clinical environment
- Working alongside clinical and professional support colleagues in facilitating
ongoing organisational change and development
Other:
This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the
post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between
the post holder and their manager.
Person Specification
General Skills and experience
Essential
- Ability to travel between locations around the county
- Occupational health clearance
- A criminal record enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, satisfactory to the organisation
- Efficient IT skills and confidence in utilising new technology
- Effective time management skills and ability to work within time frames
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and non-verbal)
- Ability to work authentically, doing what you say you will do and building trust
- Ability to use own initiative and apply sound judgement, be bold and confident to voice an opinion, offer innovative solutions and feel part
- of decision making
- Ability to interact effectively with management, colleagues, the public, advisory bodies and other external stakeholders in a professional and courteous manner
- Flexibility and preparedness to change and adapt as circumstances dictate, able to look to the future, be inspirational and do what you
- can to make things better
- Demonstrate understanding and patience, and
- generously go the extra mile for colleagues,
- patients, and the community
Qualifications
Essential
- Have a Bachelor of Dental Surgery
- Have an NHS performer number
- Full registration with the General Dental Council and Professional Indemnity Insurance
Desirable
- Have an appropriate higher dental qualification
Experience
Essential
- Competency in the common aspects of clinical dentistry and experience of a wide range of dental procedures acquired through training and clinical experience
- Demonstrable understanding of all aspects of pain and anxiety management, particularly for anxious patients
- Ability to deal with the public in a courteous and professional manner, and be competent and confident in dealing with patients who need unscheduled and/or emergency dental care
- Ability and knowledge to assess patients needs and make the appropriate treatment planning decisions
- Evidence of/commitment to continuing professional and personal development
- Familiarity with NHS dental services regulations and knowledge / acceptance of NHS / local policies and guidelines
- Trained to recognise and respond to medical emergencies (ie. Immediate Life Support Techniques)
- Knowledge of systems of care provision and current health and safety regulations
- Awareness of and ability to keep confidentiality and handle sensitive data
- Knowledge of the Data Protection Act/General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and NHS Confidentiality Guidelines (eg. Caldicott) and their implications
Desirable
- Experience in treating a range of oral conditions in various primary healthcare dental settings
Person Specification
General Skills and experience
Essential
- Ability to travel between locations around the county
- Occupational health clearance
- A criminal record enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, satisfactory to the organisation
- Efficient IT skills and confidence in utilising new technology
- Effective time management skills and ability to work within time frames
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and non-verbal)
- Ability to work authentically, doing what you say you will do and building trust
- Ability to use own initiative and apply sound judgement, be bold and confident to voice an opinion, offer innovative solutions and feel part
- of decision making
- Ability to interact effectively with management, colleagues, the public, advisory bodies and other external stakeholders in a professional and courteous manner
- Flexibility and preparedness to change and adapt as circumstances dictate, able to look to the future, be inspirational and do what you
- can to make things better
- Demonstrate understanding and patience, and
- generously go the extra mile for colleagues,
- patients, and the community
Qualifications
Essential
- Have a Bachelor of Dental Surgery
- Have an NHS performer number
- Full registration with the General Dental Council and Professional Indemnity Insurance
Desirable
- Have an appropriate higher dental qualification
Experience
Essential
- Competency in the common aspects of clinical dentistry and experience of a wide range of dental procedures acquired through training and clinical experience
- Demonstrable understanding of all aspects of pain and anxiety management, particularly for anxious patients
- Ability to deal with the public in a courteous and professional manner, and be competent and confident in dealing with patients who need unscheduled and/or emergency dental care
- Ability and knowledge to assess patients needs and make the appropriate treatment planning decisions
- Evidence of/commitment to continuing professional and personal development
- Familiarity with NHS dental services regulations and knowledge / acceptance of NHS / local policies and guidelines
- Trained to recognise and respond to medical emergencies (ie. Immediate Life Support Techniques)
- Knowledge of systems of care provision and current health and safety regulations
- Awareness of and ability to keep confidentiality and handle sensitive data
- Knowledge of the Data Protection Act/General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and NHS Confidentiality Guidelines (eg. Caldicott) and their implications
Desirable
- Experience in treating a range of oral conditions in various primary healthcare dental settings
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).
