Dental Officer

Integrated Care System; Guildford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 79,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading community health organization in Guildford seeks a dedicated Dental Officer to provide high-quality care to patients with complex needs. This part-time role (22.5 hours per week) requires strong communication skills and the ability to work in various settings, including community clinics and hospitals. You will play a crucial role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring patients receive the best possible dental care. Join us to make a real difference in community healthcare.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Access to discounts and cashback offers

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Professional registration with a dental body.
• Experience in providing dental care to patients with special needs.
• Ability to oversee treatment planning and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Identify medical emergencies and manage them appropriately.
• Examine patients and deliver comprehensive care.
• Plan and implement interventions to promote oral health.
• Undertake routine and surgical dental procedures.
• Provide training and guidance to dental staff.

Skills

Ability to perform dental care under sedation

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Dental Degree

Job description

re you passionate about delivering high-quality dental care to patients with complex needs? Surrey Community Dental Service is looking for a dedicated and compassionate dentist to join our team in providing exceptional, evidence-based care to patients who require specialist support.

In this part-time role (22.5 hours per week), you'll deliver comprehensive clinical care to patients with special needs or specific dental requirements, including treatment under sedation or general anaesthesia where appropriate. You'll work across a variety of settingsincluding community clinics, hospitals, and domiciliary environmentsallowing for a flexible and patient-centred approach.Having a drivers licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.

As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you'll liaise with healthcare professionals, make onward referrals as needed, and oversee treatment planning and supervision of dental therapists. If you're committed to making a real difference in community healthcare, wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Dental Officer, you will be responsible for;

• Identify commonly occurring medical emergencies and lead the dental team in the appropriate first line management of the emergency, using appropriate techniques, equipment, and drugs.
• Undertake a thorough examination of patients and be able to plan, manage and deliver care to a wide range of patients.
• Plan, develop, implement and evaluates appropriate interventions to prevent disease and promote health for individual patients.
• Undertake appropriate assessment of patients to determine the need for specialist advice as appropriate
• Undertake the diagnosis of periodontal disease; select the appropriate periodontal techniques and delivers periodontal care in an effective way.
• Undertake routine exodontia and simple surgical exodontias.
• Undertake the diagnosis, selection and delivery of appropriate restorative techniques and/or replacement of teeth as required.
• Consider all appropriate behavioral management techniques.
• Carry out comprehensive treatment planning and provide treatment for patients who require treatment under general anaesthesia, including appropriate case selection.
• Provide advice, training, and guidance to colleagues as appropriate.
• To provide clinical cover, when required, in clinics other than their base.

For a full list of responsibilities please see attached Job Description.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Dental Officer, youll be part of our valued team at our Buryfields Clinic, Guilford.

You will feel valued as a Dental Officer within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £52,532.00 - £78,798.00 pro rata with national Terms and Conditions of Service for Salaried Primary Dental Care Services (England)
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.