Band B Special Care Dentist

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Swindon is looking for an enthusiastic Band B Special Care Dentist to join their team. This role involves providing high-quality dental care to patients with additional needs, overseeing clinical leadership, and mentoring less experienced dentists. The post is full-time, offering robust support and opportunities for professional development in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Benefits

Mentoring and support from a Senior Leadership team

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Significant experience providing routine dental care.
• Experience working within Special Care Dentistry.
• Ability to manage and mentor a clinical dental team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of clinical dental care for patients with additional needs.
• Deliver treatment under general anaesthesia and manage complex cases.
• Support and mentor Foundation Dentists.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Education

BDS or equivalent

Full registration with GDC

Commitment to CPD

Job description

Go back Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band B Special Care Dentist

The closing date is 14 July 2025

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, 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.

Main duties of the job

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 leadership responsibilities, consistent with the competencies of the grade. The post holder should demonstrate sound clinical skills in the treatment of Special Care patients and provide leadership for the local team and across the service. The post holder will have excellent communication skills, and promote a civil and respectful culture, and always be 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.

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. We will expect your values and behaviors to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:

ServiceWe will put our patients first

TeamworkWe will work together

AmbitionWe will aspire to provide the best service

RespectWe will act with integrity

Job 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 support for Band A dental officers and Foundation Dentists.

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.

To actively participate and lead Clinical Governance Programmes as required by the service including audit, peer review and annual performance appraisal. This will also require the post holder to lead agreed work streams for the overall governance programme.

To ensure that they meet the standards for Dental Professionals as required by the General Dental Council this will include demonstration of required CPD

In addition to the above, the post holder should ensure that Estimates are printed for all Band 2 & Band 3 courses of treatment (COT)

Budget Responsibilities

To work with the Specialist in Special Care Dentistry/Assistant Clinical Director and Clinical Director to ensure effective use of resources in the service area.

Staff should ensure that completed courses of treatment (COT) are closed within 1 month of completion to enable transmission to BSA within that calendar month.

All staff must ensure they use resources in a manner consistent with organisational objectives and policies, ensuring that resources are realistic, justified and of clear benefit to the organisation.

Responsibilities for People or Training

Provide clinical support for Band A dentists and Foundation Dentists, and work collaboratively with the Specialist in Special Care Dentistry.

Day-to-day supervision of Dental Nurses in a defined clinical area, in association with the Dental Nurse Team Manager.

Act as a role model for your designated area.

Liaise with Dental Senior Leadership Team to ensure maintenance of high standards within the team

Participation in Policy Working Groups for Sedation, Best interests and Consent, Safeguarding, Domiciliary Care and Audit.

Other Factors

Post holder will be required to travel throughout Wiltshire, must be a car driver with access to a motor vehicle.

Regular VDU usage

Flexibility

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Supplementary Information

This job description should be read alongside the Supplementary Information provided on NHS Jobs for applicants and alongside the Employee Handbook for current staff members.

Further details can be found in the attached Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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

• oSignificant experience of providing routine dental care
• oPrevious experience of working within Special Care Dentistry
• oExperience of complex clinical treatment plans
• oExperience of managing/ mentoring a clinical dental team

Knowledge

• oAccuracy and attention to detail
• oLeadership and motivational abilities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust