Band 7 Tutor Dental Hygienist and Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced tutor for up to 30 hours per week. The role teaches dental hygiene and dental therapy students in the clinic and simulation suite, and includes pastoral tutoring and assessment responsibilities.

Requirements include a degree in dental hygiene and dental therapy and current GDC registration with indemnity insurance. Prior clinical experience and teaching skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in dental hygiene and dental therapy.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate learning and teach dental hygiene and therapy students in lectures, workshops and small groups.
• Instruct in the dental clinic and clinical simulation suite; supervise patient care by students.
• Act as personal tutor, providing pastoral support and monitoring academic/progress weaknesses.
• Carry out assessments as part of clinical and teaching duties.

Skills

Good presentation

Communication skills

IT skills

Oral radiography

Analgesia techniques

IAN block

Dental impressions

Temporary dressings

Crown re-cementing

Clinical tutoring

Education

Degree in dental hygiene and dental therapy

Job description

This is a tutor post at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, based in its dental school, for up to 30 hours a week. The tutor teaches dental hygiene and dental therapy students in the clinic and clinical simulation suite, and is responsible for the care students give patients. Teaching runs through lectures, workshops and small groups, alongside personal tutoring that includes pastoral support for students with academic or clinical weaknesses. Current GDC registration and a degree in dental hygiene and therapy are required.

What the job involves

• Facilitate learning and teach the knowledge and clinical skills students of dental hygiene and therapy need
• Advise, demonstrate and instruct in the dental clinic and clinical simulation suite
• Be responsible for the care students provide when treating patients
• Deliver teaching through lectures, workshops, tutorials and small group sessions
• Act as personal tutor to designated students, counselling them on academic progress and offering pastoral support
• Monitor students with academic or clinical weaknesses, offering empathy and reassurance
• Carry out assessment as part of the clinical and teaching responsibilities

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in dental hygiene and dental therapy

Registration & licences

• Current GDC registration
• Indemnity insurance

Experience

• Current clinical experience
• Wide range of clinical experience including restorative and periodontal procedures
• Clinical practice in general dental practice, salaried services or hospital dental services to supplement the post

Skills & knowledge

• Good presentation and communication skills
• Competency in permitted extended duties: dental radiography, local infiltration analgesia, inferior dental nerve block analgesia, dental impressions, placing temporary dressings and re-cementing crowns

Nice to have

• Membership of the Higher Education Academy
• Certificate in medical education or equivalent
• Previous relevant teaching experience
• Demonstration of organisational skills
• Demonstration of IT skills