Educational Supervisor Senior Dental Officer - Band B

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Swansea Bay University Health Board has opened a part-time Senior Dentist (Band B) position at the Dental Teaching Unit in Port Talbot. Hours to be discussed at interview.

The post focuses on delivering comprehensive general dental services, mentoring Foundation Dentists, and coordinating with the Welsh Deanery on training days and programme management. The role involves leading the DTU team, contributing to governance, and supporting service development in line with NHS contracts and patient

Qualifications

• Essential: BDS or recognised equivalent and GDC registration, with regular CPD attendance.
• Desirable: Postgraduate qualification and Welsh NHS Dental Performers list eligibility.
• Experience in training and managing dental staff is expected.

Responsibilities

• Support DTU service provision as part of the senior management team.
• Participate in clinical audit as part of governance.
• Engage in risk management and health and safety awareness.
• Mentor Dental Foundation Trainees and other dental staff.
• Develop relationships with health care professionals and manage training projects.

Skills

Effective communication

IT skills

Initiative

Organisational skills

Leadership

Education

BDS or recognised equivalent

GDC registration

Postgraduate CPD participation

DDE / refresher training

DESAP acceptance

Job description

Do you share our Health Board values Caring for each other Working together Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

The Dental Unit is looking for a part-time Senior Dentist - Band B to join their team on a permanent basis. This is a part-time role based at the Dental Teaching Unit (DTU) in Port Talbot. Hours to be discussed at interview.

The purpose of this post is to work with the Health Board and the Welsh Deanery to improve, facilitate and develop dental health care services in the SBU area, by providing comprehensive general dental services to patients and effective training and mentoring to the Foundation Dentist. The post holder will also be responsible for liaising with the Welsh Deanery regarding the study day programme and managing the Business Manager, Foundation Trainees and other dental staff on the training side of the Unit, in line with patient needs and the General Dental Services Contract. The post holder will also be required to assist in the management of the service.

Main duties of the job

• To support DTU service provision and planning as a member of the DTU senior management team
• To participate in clinical audit as part of a clinical governance strategy
• To participate in risk management and health and safety awareness
• The post holder must be available for guidance and training of the Dental Foundation Trainees and other Dental Care Professionals in training in the unit as agreed with the Lead Senior Dentist.
• To develop good working relationships with other health care professionals and agencies and participate in projects and activities.

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings (Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings.

We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.

Swansea is Wales' second largest city and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cosy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and Swansea.com stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City Football Club.

Job description

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BDS or recognized equivalent
• Full registration with the GDC
• Regular attendance on dental postgraduate courses and appropriate CPD.
• Developing Dental Educators (DDE) and maintained refresher training.
• Acceptance via DESAP

Desirable

• Relevant postgraduate qualification.
• On the Welsh NHS Dental Performers list or eligible for entry.

Experience

Essential

• Broad professional experience
• Experience of organising educational events
• Considerable experience of training young colleagues
• Broad understanding of the structure and working of local dental services
• Understanding of CDS role
• Broad understanding of the General Dental Services contract and how it applies to patients and trainees

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience of dental service development

Skills

Essential

• Effective communication with members of the dental team, client groups, health professionals and outside agencies.
• Good IT skills
• Capable of working on own initiative
• Good organizational skills to ensure effective provision of service
• Leadership skills and an ability to support and motivate people

Desirable

• Ability to prioritize competing work demands
• Ability to cope with occasional work-related distressing or emotional circumstances
• Ability to actively engage with other health care professionals to develop networks and clinical services
• Understanding of NHS Clinical Governance and resource constraints, management/financial awareness

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to give appropriate information to colleagues, carers and patients
• Good working knowledge of mental capacity and consent

Desirable

• Awareness of risk management, Health and Safety management and Clinical Governance Familiarity with the role of the CDS, GDS and HDS
• Understanding of mental capacity and consent issues