Band A Special Care Dental Officer

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider seeks a Dentist in Swindon to provide Special Care and Urgent Care Dentistry. The role involves working in a team environment, supporting patients with special needs. Candidates must hold a BDS or equivalent with full GDC registration. Benefits include generous paid leave, NHS pension, and opportunities for professional development. The role includes working at multiple sites, ensuring comprehensive care under the Community Dental Service contract.

Benefits

Well-equipped surgeries

Generous paid annual leave

NHS benefits including pension

Commitment to training and CPD

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Significant experience in providing routine dental care is essential.
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) is required.
• Experience in a Community Dental Service is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment for special needs patients.
• Deliver urgent and routine dental treatment per Trust protocols.
• Participate in Clinical Governance Programmes including audits.

Skills

Routine dental care

Innovative and flexible team member

Special Care Dentistry

Urgent Care Dentistry

Education

BDS or equivalent

Full registration with GDC

VT Number or equivalent

Tools

Dental IT systems

SOEL Health practice management software

Job description

To provide Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, and Urgent Care Dentistry, as well as the opportunity to work as part of the Out of Hours Service, offering urgent care to the population of Wiltshire and Swindon. The post holder will be supported to deliver services within the GWHFT Community Dental Service contract and day to day management of a defined clinical area, based at Swindon Health Centre.

The Service covers the whole of Wiltshire, 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.

The job plan for this post is likely to include, one of Urgent Care Dentistry, and four days of Special Care and Paediatric Dentistry.

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 be required to work 8:30- 17:00, with one hour for lunch, 5 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 be supported by a Senior Leadership team, offering mentoring and support and experienced line management.

Benefits

• Well-equipped surgeries
• Full computerisation (Software of Excellence)
• Varied and challenging work
• Generous 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.

About us

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.

• Service: We will put our patients first
• Teamwork: We will work together
• Ambition: We will aspire to provide the best service
• Respect: We will act with integrity

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provision of assessment, comprehensive treatment planning and treatment for people with special needs who are unable to obtain care from other providers. These include those clients with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, who are medically compromised or have behavioural problems, as well as children with additional needs, and children under 5 with high caries rates.

Provide dental treatment as required and to undertake urgent, routine and complex treatment in line with Trust protocol and current best practice

Provision of assessment, treatment planning and treatment of patients in domiciliary settings

Promote and maintain patients oral health within NHS regulations

• Work with the wider clinical team, in the provision of high quality dental care for the patients
• Achieve personal performance targets, awareness of the UDA system, working to achieve the targets set by commissioners.
• Meet Band A Dental Officer Competencies as set out within the terms and conditions of the Salaried Dental Service Contract
• Participate in Clinical Governance Programmes as required by the service including audit, peer review and annual performance appraisal.
• Ensure that standards for Dental Professionals are met as required by the General Dental Council this will include demonstration of required CPD

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oBDS or equivalent
• oFull registration with GDC
• oVT Number or equivalent
• oCommitment to CPD
• oOn an NHS Dental Performers List

Desirable

• oFamiliarity with Dental IT systems
• oCommitment to learn NHS rules and regulations

Experience

Essential

• oSignificant experience of providing routine dental care

Desirable

• oExperience working in a Community Dental Service
• oExperience of more complex dental care
• oAppropriate post graduate qualification
• oPrevious use of SOEL Health practice management software

Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Swindon Health Centre

Islington Street

Swindon

SN1 2DQ

249-7686340