Dental Officer

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust's Community Dental Service in Oldham invites a dentist to join a team dedicated to delivering high-quality dental care to patients who cannot access general practice, including those with disabilities and children requiring inhalation sedation or general anaesthesia.

The post may involve working across other clinical sites in Greater Manchester depending on service need; flexible working options may be considered to suit service requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard dental care for patients unable to receive care in general practice, including those with disabilities and children requiring inhalation sedation or general anaesthesia.
• Work across other clinical sites in Greater Manchester depending on service need.

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious dentist with good interpersonal and clinical skills to join the Community Dental Service in Oldham. Working as part of a team and with excellent nursing support, this post will suit a dentist who is committed to providing a high standard of oral health care. There will be the requirement to work across other clinical sites in Greater Manchester depending on service need.

The post-holder will be part of a team providing a high standard of dental care for patients who are unable to receive care in a general dental practice environment, including patients with disabilities and children requiring inhalation sedation or general anaesthesia. The successful candidate will preferably have current or recent experience of working in a UK-based salaried primary care dental service. Ideally the candidate should have established and demonstrable skills in the provision of oral health care for children and adults with special needs. The candidate will also ideally have experience of providing dental care under sedation and general anaesthesia, domiciliary dentistry and dental epidemiological fieldwork. Candidates who have worked in General Dental Services and have an interest in paediatric or special care dentistry will also be considered.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles. North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region. Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities. Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation. Our mission We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other Our vision We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities