Senior Dental Officer / Dental Officer

Primary Care Careers • Permanent • Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire • 3w ago

Do you want to make a real difference in a socially minded, values driven organisation? We are an award-winning employee owned social enterprise, providing high quality community dental services across east and central England.

Community Dental Services CIC are looking for a senior clinician who identifies with our values as a Social Enterprise and is passionate about providing care for those most at need. Applications are invited from enthusiastic dentists for this post based at our clinics in Norwich Thorpe Health Centre and Thetford Healthy Living Centre. The post may also involve working regularly at other clinics in Norfolk and is offered on a full or part time basis.

The post holder will deliver dental care and advice to patients and their carers from community groups, including patients with additional needs, who are clients of Community Dental Services. Services to be provided include preventive care and advice, dental treatment, care under sedation and general anaesthesia, and epidemiological field work. Working at other locations to support the client group will be required including domiciliary care and local hospitals. Community Dental Services encourages postgraduate education and development.

Mentorship and training will be provided to support this if required.

Please see full job description attached:

About the Candidate

All applicants should have the following qualifications and registrations:

Registerable dental qualification eg BDS/LDS.
Full registration with the General Dental Council.
NHS performer number.

and skills & experience, including:

High levels of competency in dentistry.
Ability to demonstrate empathy with patients requiring special care dentistry.
Deliver inhalation and intravenous sedation.
Good communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to plan and organise.
Ability to demonstrate understanding of the issues relating to the management of clinical dental services.
Demonstrate good management/supervisory skills.
Ability to lead and work as part of a healthcare team
Ability to manage change effectively.
Demonstrable teaching skills.
Understanding of the legal and ethical framework within which dentists practice, particularly those pertinent to special care dentistry.
Ability to appraise scientific literature critically.
Wide experience of primary dental care.
Experience in providing dental care for patients with complex co-morbidities including those people with additional needs, a learning disability and/or mental health problems, and the frail older people.
Experience in providing dental care using inhalation and/or intravenous sedation.
Experience in the provision of dental care in a hospital setting, including the provision of care under general anaesthesia.
Involvement in clinical audit.

About Us

We are excited to be able to offer a £13,000 employment incentive. This fantastic offer can be utilised for relocation, salary top up, training, registration fees and many other personal benefits. We are happy to negotiate with the right candidate to come to a mutual agreement on how this incentive is spent.

What do we offer?

27-32 days holiday plus bank holidays.
Dentally led, patient focused working environment that is not constrained by UDA targets.
Access to the NHS Practitioners Scheme.
Opportunity to develop your skills and career with funded internal and external mandatory training, postgraduate qualifications, PgC, PgDip, Msc.
Build your portfolio for tier 2 or speciality training.
Support with training for your wider professional development.
Paid indemnity.
Uniforms provided.
Become a shareholder and have a say in how our organisation is run at all levels.
Opportunity to play a key part in local care initiatives.

Please contact Angela Simms, clinical lead, to discuss the roles available or to arrange visits to the clinics on 07879 668955.

Please ensure that you read the job description, which also includes the person specification, before applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.