Dental Therapist/Hygienist Educator Lead

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB; Ipswich; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Dental Therapist/Hygienist Educator Lead. This unique remote position involves traveling across Suffolk and North East Essex, influencing educational initiatives and workforce development for NHS Dental Professionals. Ideal candidates are qualified Dental Therapists/Hygienists with a passion for education within the dental field. Excellent benefits and a chance to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Educator.
• Knowledge of current workforce challenges in dentistry.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Influence and lead work streams for learner placements.
• Develop initiatives for recruitment and retention of dental professionals.
• Promote the SNEE Training Hub.

Skills

Complex information negotiation

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Prioritization

Education

Qualified dental Therapist/Hygienist registered with General Dental Council

Job description

Dental Therapist/Hygienist Educator Lead

This post will be remoteworking with some requirement to travel across Suffolk and North East Essex

Are you a qualified Dental Therapist/Hygienist with a passion for education and training?

Do you want to make a difference for clinical dental workforce?

Do you want to create an environment that is welcoming for newly recruited NHS Dental Professionals?

Do you want to develop and deliver a retention programme for current NHS Dental professionals?

Suffolk and North East Essex Training Hub are seeking a Dental Therapist/Hygienist educator lead to join the team and help us make Suffolk and North East Essex the place to train and work as a NHS Dental professional. This is a unique opportunity to develop and deliver education, training and workforce initiatives that will shape the dental workforce of today and tomorrow.

This post will work with the current team to develop initiatives to support dental practices to become learning organisations, increase student placements, develop education and training packages to provide career pathways and support retention and health and well being.

If you are an NHS Dental Therapist/Hygienist with ideas and a passion for change this is the role for you!

Contact Julie White [e-mail] if you would like to find out more!

Main duties of the job

• To influence and lead relevant work streams to expand learner placements for dental therapy students across Suffolk and North East Essex
• To influence and lead an expansion of dental practices to become learning organisations
• To lead and develop initiatives to support the recruitment and retention of dental professionals making Suffolk and North East Essex a preferred location to train and work
• To influence and lead relevant workstreams to engage with dental professionals on the benefits of developing multiprofessional teams to deliver patient care
• To work collaboratively with Training Hub and system colleagues to develop and deliver new patient services that will enable Suffolk and North East Essex to deliver Future Shift
• To actively promote the SNEE Training Hub and engage the GP Workforce in its development.

About us

The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function is commonly referred to as commissioning. To do this, we work within a budget of around £2.7 billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with local government and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by how well our local health and care system as a whole is working, including the health outcomes of our communities.

The ICB has delegated some authority to the three health and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex to act on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas are addressed.

The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, including those it has delegated. Local residents have a big role to play in the operation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of our communities to help shape our decision‑making.

Equality and Diversity

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems in the area

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Qualified dental Therapist/Hygienist registered with General Dental Council
• Knowledge of dental therapy training programmes and HEI delivery models
• Experience of being an Educator
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge of current workforce challenges in dentistry
• Knowledge of current NHS Quality Improvement Methodology
• Understanding of HEI programmes and placement challenges
• Knowledge and experience of working with HEIs and education providers
• Knowledge and experience of developing and expanding capacity of high quality clinical learning placements.

Skills

• Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with key partners
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to interpret complex facts and situations and develop a range of outcomes
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues and seek guidance when appropriate
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.

Other

• Passions for and belief in Dental services
• Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality education for dental workforce promoting high standards to consistently improve training and resilience in the workforce to improve patient outcomes
• Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness.
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Seeks opportunities to innovate
• Actively develops themselves and others.
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.

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.