Community Dental Officer

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization seeks a Community Dental Officer to deliver high-quality dental services to a diverse patient population. The role requires strong leadership skills, excellent clinical expertise, and a commitment to patient-centered care. Candidates should have full GDC registration and experience working with individuals with special needs. This part-time position offers flexibility while ensuring effective teamwork and collaboration across various sites in Herefordshire.

Qualifications

• Must possess full GDC registration and a performer number.
• Experience with both children and adults with special needs is essential.
• Knowledge of NHS regulations and patient charge requirements is a must.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality NHS dental care to diverse patients.
• Manage the dental surgery's day-to-day activities.
• Prescribe dental care items while ensuring patient records are accurate.

Skills

Clinical Communication

Management Leadership

Excellent clinical skills

Planning and organization

Flexibility in workload

Education

Full GDC registration with Licence to practise

BDS degree or equivalent

Completed Vocational Dental Foundation Training

Job description

We seek to appoint a Community Dental Officer- Band A based at Gaol Street and Asda Dental Access centres, Part time hours will be considered.

The Community Dental Service within WVT is a commissioned service comprising of 5 clinics 2 clinics in Hereford city, 1 in Leominster, 1 in Ross-on-Wye and 1 in Ledbury. The service provides a high standard of oral health care to a wide range of patient groups including children and adults with specific needs. These specific needs may include patients with complex medical and dental requirements anxiety management and/or treatment under sedation and patients with urgent dental needs who are unable to access dental care in the General Dental Services.

Applicants for the post will be flexible, motivated and patient focused and possess full GDC registration and hold a Performer number evidence in a portfolio of up to date continuous professional development be able to demonstrate leadership skills and relevant clinical experience and have excellent communication skills with an understanding and ability to be sensitive to the needs of relevant patient groups.

For more information please contact Sofia Almeida [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and urgent/routine NHS dental care treatment services for a wide range of patients, including children and adults with additional needs or with special dental requirements in accordance with NHS Regulations and provider requirements. Flexible patient centred approach to treatment planning and service provision
• Manage the day to day activities of the dental surgery in conjunction with the other members of the team. Maintaining proper standards appropriate to a clinical area, including control of infection procedures and the efficient and effective use of resources

Provision of urgent dental care for patients who cannot access NHS dental care.

To accept referrals from our General Dental Service colleagues and provide a service which is complementary to other primary care providers.

Prescribe appropriate items of dental care for delivery by other members of the dental team ensuring the most appropriate use of the available skill mix.

To ensure all treatment plans and care are explained fully to patients and that patient records are correctly noted.

You must be able to travel across Herefordshire in the delivery of dental care.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential. Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job duties and responsibilities please do see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GDC registration with Licence to practise
• BDS degree or equivalent
• Be on a primary care performers list
• Completed Vocational Dental Foundation Training or equivalent
• Evidence of relevant continuing education and development

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in Special Care Dentistry and/or paediatric dentistry or postgraduate training in a relevant clinical subject or equivalent experience

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate Band A Salaried Primary dentist competencies in Clinical Communication, Management Leadership, Professionalism, Teaching and training
• Excellent clinical skills
• Experience of working with a wide of patient groups including children and adults with special needs
• Wide experience of primary dental care provision
• Ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly to meet the needs of patients
• Good planning and organisation skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of NHS patient charge regulations and contractual requirements including UDAs

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in peer review and clinical supervision

Audit & Quality Improvement

Essential

• Effective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit.
• Participation in a quality Improvement programme

Desirable

• Willingness to organise relevant audit activities including quality improvement evidence

Management

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload.
• Ability to work to overcome barriers to change (negotiating, influencing and persuasion skills)

Desirable

• Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues.

Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
• Excellent time keeping and punctuality
• Ability to work under pressure
• Evidence of self motivation
• Evidence of flexibility including working on different sites across the Trust as required
• Willingness to participate in extended hours service delivery
• A team player - an ability to work effectively across the dental team

Other Requirements Specific to the Role

Essential

• Proficient in the use of IT systems and willingness to learn practice software.
• Ability to meet the travelling and flexible team working to cover and support the clinics the county.