Band B Special Care Dentist - Swindon (NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried Dentist - B) - Community [...]

Main area: Community Dental

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried Dentist - B

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Job ref: 249-6558978

Employer: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Swindon Health Centre

Town: Swindon

Salary: £74,126 - £86,701 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 30/09/2024 23:59

Band B Special Care Dentist - Swindon

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Job overview

GWHFT Community Dental Service provides Urgent Dental Care, Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry for children with additional needs, and Out of Hours Dentistry to the population of Wiltshire and Swindon. The post holder will use their skills to deliver services within the GWHFT Community Dental Service contract and offer their clinical leadership skills to the teams.

The Service covers Wiltshire and Swindon, and the post holder may be required to deliver services from any of our 4 sites and in domiciliary settings. The role may include participating in general anaesthetic & inhalation sedation lists, and domiciliary care.

This is primarily a clinical post, based at Swindon Health Centre, with some managerial responsibilities, consistent with the competencies of the grade. The post holder should demonstrate good clinical skills in the treatment of Special Care patients and to provide leadership for the local team and across the service in areas agreed with the management team. The post holder will have excellent communication skills, and promote a civil and respectful culture, and be at all times professional.

The post holder will be involved in the mentoring and supervision of Foundation Dentists, who are participating in an 8-month longitudinal scheme of 2 years, covering Community Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Dental Practice.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic Dentist to join our existing team, providing Special Care and Urgent Care to meet the needs of adults and children in the local community in Swindon.

You should be innovative, flexible, and committed to working in a team environment while providing high standards of clinical care.

The post holder will work 8:30- 17:00, with one hour for lunch, 3 days per week. Our Community Dental Service has 4 dental clinics, within Wiltshire & Swindon. We work in domiciliary settings and within main hospitals therefore use of a motor vehicle is essential. You will join our team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general practice, and supported by a Senior Leadership team, offering mentoring and support and experienced line management.

Working for our organisation

“Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”

We can offer an excellent range of benefits including:

• Well-equipped surgeries
• Full computerisation
• Varied and challenging work
• Six weeks paid annual leave
• NHS benefits (including pension)
• Commitment to training / verifiable CPD
• Clear job planning
• Variety of work: Special Care, Paediatrics, Urgent Care, Domiciliary Care
• Consistent and highly skilled dental nurse support
• Generous study leave allocation, and support for professional development.
• Opportunity to join the Out of Hours Service.

Further information about this post can be found in the attached Job Description. We welcome an informal contact from you (telephone calls, visits, meeting colleagues) in advance of your application. In the first instance please contact Lucy McArthur, Clinical Director on 01249 456598 or by email on gwh.dentaladmin.teamoffice@nhs.net

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provision of a full range of clinical dental care for people with additional needs who have been referred into the service.
• To provide dental treatment as required in a range of locations, including domiciliary care, working at acute hospitals if required. This may also involve the provision of treatment under general anaesthesia and sedation.
• To promote and maintain patients’ oral health within NHS regulations. To provide dental screening or dental epidemiological surveys of school children and other priority groups if required by the service.
• To provide clinical leadership for the local dental team.
• To work with the wider clinical team and oral health promotion staff in the provision of high quality dental care for the patients.
• To achieve personal performance targets, for both clinical activity and management tasks.
• To provide line management for Band A dental officers and perform line management duties for direct reports, including absence monitoring, supervision of leave and study leave and annual appraisal of these staff members.
• To meet Band B Dental Officer competencies as set out within the terms and conditions of the Salaried Dental Service Contract. The post holder will be required to keep and build a portfolio of these competencies, which will form the basis of an annual appraisal.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• BDS or equivalent
• Full registration with GDC
• VT Number or equivalent
• Commitment to CPD
• On an NHS Dental Performers List
• Familiarity with IT systems
• Commitment to learn NHS rules and regulations

Experience

• Significant experience of providing routine dental care
• Previous experience of working within Special Care Dentistry
• Experience of complex clinical treatment plans
• Experience of managing/mentoring a clinical dental team

Knowledge and Skills

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Leadership and motivational abilities

Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.

Eligibility for this role requires:

• Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
• Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria

We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.

Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.