Dental Officer

We are looking for candidates to join our friendly and well established Salaried Dental team.

If you are looking for a new, exciting or development opportunity, providing excellent clinical care in Devon we would love to hear from you.

You will have the opportunity to take part in the full range of activities undertaken by the Salaried Dental Service in Exeter and Devon wide community dental clinics.

Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Job responsibilities

The service provides care for patients with a wide variety of special needs, as well as providing a dental access service for those members of the community who have been unable to access treatment with an NHS General Dental Practitioner.

Although you will need to have primary dental care experience, support and development opportunities may be provided to you in the following clinical areas as necessary:

• Full range of treatments for adults and children whose special needs have prevented them from accessing dental care through the General Dental Service.
• Urgent dental care for patients who have been unable to access treatment with a general dental practitioner.
• Dental screening of school children and other groups
• Epidemiological surveys
• Treatments carried out under General Anaesthetic in a hospital day unit, or conscious sedation within the dental clinic
• Involvement in Oral Health Promotion activities
• Domiciliary care

Salary & Allowances: Band A - £44,955 - £67,433 (PRO-RATA) depending on experience.

Full GDC registration is essential. It would be desirable to hold a dental performer number but the organisation can help facilitate this if necessary.

Working Pattern: 22.5 hours a week

Location: Heavitree Hospital, Exeter, Gladstone Road, EX1 2ED. Travel to our satellite clinics may become an opportunity once established in the service.

For further information please contact: Matthew Heming Clinical Lead on matthew.heming@nhs.net

Benefits

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team. This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.

You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter.
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme.

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.

Desirable

• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.

Employer details

Employer name: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2ED

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.