Dental Officer (Special Care)

East Of England Community Health And Care Nhs Trust; Ipswich; Sur place; GBP 35 000 - 52 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Ipswich is seeking a part-time dentist to provide clinical care within the Special Care Dental Service. You will work with children and adults with additional needs, supporting epidemiological surveys and training programs.

The role requires registration with the GDC and NHS Performer number, with flexible hours and pro-rata pay according to experience.

Qualifications

• Registerable Dental Qualification e.g. BDS/LDS.
• NHS Performer number & GDC Registration.
• Completion of dental foundation training / VTE.
• Experience of providing care under IHS and/or GA.
• Experience in community dentistry/special care.
• Experience providing care for patients with additional needs.

Responsabilités

• Provision of clinical dental care to patients of the special care dental service.
• To carry epidemiological screening programmes in line with Office for Health Improvement & disparities protocols.
• To supervise and support dental care professionals.
• Provision of clinical supervision.
• Response to day-to-day queries and concerns.
• To assist with and participate in training and education.
• Support dental care professionals working towards postgraduate qualifications.
• Participate in peer review sessions.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing dental education.
• To be an active member of the Dental Team in the monitoring, evaluation, and development of the Dental Service.

Connaissances

Teamworking

Communication skills

Formation

BDS / LDS

Description du poste

Job summary

We have up to 7.5 hours per week available at Nash House Ipswich for one of our existing special care dentists to expand their working hours.

To provide a full range of dental care to patients of the Dental HealthCare Suffolk Special care Dental Service. This includes priority and vulnerable and groups meeting special care service criteria, and children and adults with moderate-severe anxiety.

Completion of fieldwork for dental epidemiological surveys.

Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 29th October

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical dental care to clients of the Dental HealthCare Special Care Dental Service. Client groups include children, and adults with additional needs, vulnerable adults and looked after children with complex social care needs, and adults and children with moderate-severe anxiety. Full training will be given where required, and clinical work will include

• Provision of care under inhalation sedation (as provider/operator)
• Provision of care to patients on a domiciliary basis
• Training, calibration and fieldwork for dental epidemiological surveys

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Doctor - other

Salary: Depending on experience per annum, pro-rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 448-AMB-8381291

Job responsibilities

• Provision of clinical dental care to patients of the special care dental service
• To carry epidemiological screening programmes in line with the Office for Health Improvement & disparities protocols
• To supervise and support dental care professionals.
• Provision of clinical supervision
• Response to day-to-day queries and concerns
• To assist with and participate in training and education.
• Support dental care professionals working towards postgraduate qualifications.
• Participate in peer review sessions.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing dental education.
• To be an active member of the Dental Team in the monitoring, evaluation, and development of the Dental Service. This will include a contribution to:
• Quality of service ensuring outstanding patient care is at the heart of service delivery.
• Service development a willingness to share ideas.
• To participate in Clinical Governance programmes e.g. audits, surveys.

Communication

• Skilled communication with a range of patients and their families or carers will be required, as this role is primarily working with patients who have additional needs, some of whom will have communication barriers.
• Communication of sometimes complex clinical information to patients of the service, sometimes in difficult circumstances and delivering difficult news.
• Explaining risks and benefits of clinical care and treatment modalities to patients and their families or carers.
• Excellent communication with clinical peers and leaders in a professional manner is essential to inspire confidence, motivation, and teamwork, and in the best interests of patients.
• Communicates with other health and social care professionals on a range of issues relating to oral health.
• Contributes to CCS internal communication strategies ensuring effective two-way communication and engagement within the organisation.

People Management

• Responsible for day-to-day supervision of dental nurse working alongside
• Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and PDP process

Clinical and Practice Governance

• Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
• Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.
• The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes
• The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures
• It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with the GDC, and on a relevant performers list, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.
• Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
• The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required
• Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team
• Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis
• The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Registerable Dental Qualification e.g. BDS/LDS
• NHS Performer number & GDC Registration

Desirable

• Trained in delivery of care under IHS/IV and/or GA

Experience

Essential

• Completion of dental foundation training / VTE

Desirable

• Experience of providing care under IHS and/or GA
• Experience in community dentistry/special care
• Experience providing care for patients with additional needs

Skills

Essential

• Teamworking
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable

• Skilled in management of anxious patients
• Knowledge of special care patients/treatment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Nash House Dental Clinic, 17 Portman Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BP, United Kingdom

https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Assistant Head of Dental Service, Amy Schiller, [e-mail], 07912487882