Clinical Director and Dental Director In Community Dental Service

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking a leader for its Community Dental Service, focused on delivering high-quality oral health services. The role involves strategic management and clinical leadership across multiple sites, contributing significantly to the health board's vision of integrated care. Applicants should possess significant experience in community dentistry and relevant qualifications.

Benefits

Paid study leave

34 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Lease car scheme

Qualifications

• Must have full GDC registration and work as a senior practitioner.
• Experience in operational management of dental teams is essential.
• Teaching or mentorship experience is desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for the Community Dental Service.
• Manage multiple sites and senior staff within the CDS.
• Oversee implementation of operational policies and strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Governance

Strategic Planning

Operational Management

Education

Bachelor in Dental Surgery or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification MSc or equivalent

Health service management leadership qualification

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, and any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via your email account used to apply, so please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

There is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top-up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum. This temporary top-up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

ABUHB is looking for a leader with extensive experience in a senior position in the Community Dental Service (CDS), who is willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines, setting high standards and motivated to achieve them. They will provide clinical leadership to all staff in the CDS Directorate and manage the service and its staff, ensuring the delivery of service programmes, contributing towards the Quality and Clinical governance agenda, and helping develop and implement operational plans of the CDS service alongside the Medical Director and the Integrated Oral and Dental Services Group (IOHG).

The successful candidate will provide strategic, clinical, and professional leadership for the development of oral health services across primary care and community services. As a key member of the Primary Care and Community Division, they will work across the Health Board to deliver the vision for integrated oral health services, developing and delivering innovative, high-quality services to improve patient care in line with the Health Board strategy.

Benefits of working for CDS in ABUHB in South Wales

• Support of a full-time Community Dental Manager
• Working at a newly built six-surgery dental clinic
• Paid study leave
• Paid annual leave - 34 days plus bank holidays
• Lease car scheme

Main duties of the job

• Provide a range of clinical duties relevant to this role, leading on triage and managing clinical referrals.
• Responsible for the Community Dental Service operational implementation of policy and strategic planning.
• Operational management of multiple sites and staff groups, with line management for senior CDS staff.
• Responsible for and conduct appraisals and job plans of CDS staff.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. We offer opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build your career, providing integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package, extensive training, and development opportunities, including paid mandatory training, in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and management development programmes. We promote flexible working, support a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and are developing a Well-being Centre of Excellence.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance care closer to home and high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Bachelor in Dental Surgery or equivalent
• Postgraduate qualification MSc or equivalent, relevant clinical discipline, Dental Public Health and/or research
• Health service management leadership qualification
• Actively working as a senior practitioner in a Primary Care/Community setting with full GDC registration

Desirable criteria

• Membership of a professional organisation/learned society related to the clinical specialist/specialised area of work
• Clinical Education/Teaching qualification
• GDC Specialist List Registration in a speciality relevant to clinical practice across all service areas

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in a senior position in CDS or a health-related environment
• Operational management of dental teams
• Teaching, training, supervision/mentorship of staff and/or students

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Direct Access in relation to DCPs
• Dental Public Health experience/involvement in national public health initiatives at a senior level
• Organization of Sedation and/or GA services