Oral Health Improvement Practitioner

NHS; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A role with NHS as an Oral Health Improvement Practitioner in Nottingham requires a caring individual to deliver health sessions in schools and community settings. This fixed-term position offers a supportive environment to address oral health inequalities, with opportunities for professional development and a flexible working pattern.

Benefits

Access to Corporate Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Funded training for CPD

Uniforms provided

Opportunities for local social care initiatives

Qualifications

• Proficient in delivering health campaigns and training sessions.
• Experience with resource production for community health.
• Ability to engage with vulnerable populations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver supervised tooth brushing programs in early years settings.
• Conduct oral health promotion for vulnerable community groups.
• Liaise with external partners for coordinated care.

Skills

Communication

Creativity

IT Skills

Education

GDC Registration

Job description

Oral Health Improvement PractitionerNottinghamshire and Remote/Hybrid working12 Months Fixed Term Contract, Full time (Part time considered)

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours, 5 days (Part time considered)

Base: Hucknall Health Centre, Curtis Street, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 7JE Remote/Hybrid working

Can you picture yourself working with a highly experienced and specialised team, reducing oral health inequalities in Nottinghamshire?

If your answer is 'yes' and you see yourself as a caring, flexible and approachable person where you will be appreciated by community groups and the team, then this is the place for you.

Main duties of the job

What are we looking for?

You will be a confident communicator and able to deliver "train the trainer" oral health sessions to schools and groups in the community across Nottinghamshire. Your experience of participation in health campaigns and the production of high-quality resources will demonstrate your creativity and imagination. You will liaise closely with external partners to deliver coordinated care and seek further opportunities to improve the oral health of our population.

You will be GDC registered and have proficient IT skills, accuracy and promptness are important. You will understand the oral health needs of our local population, engaging positively with those most vulnerable to oral health inequalities and disadvantage.

This is a Nottinghamshire wide role, so car drivers with a full UK driving licence and use of own vehicle are essential.

Main duties include delivering a supervised toothbrushing programme to early years settings and schools, oral health promotion to vulnerable groups in the community along with formal and informal training for a variety of employees working in the community, including health professionals and peer educators.

Working patterns are flexible within the hours Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 6.00pm. Occasionally you will be required to work outside these hours.

About us

What do we offer?

• Full time, 12 Months FTC, 37.5 hours per week (part time considered)
• Starting salary gross £26,530 per year, pro rata if part time
• Access to Corporate Pension Scheme
• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Funded internal and external mandatory training to enable you to maintain your CPD
• Support with training for your wider professional development.
• Uniforms provided
• Become a shareholder and have a say in how our organisation is run at all levels
• Opportunity to play a key part in local social care initiatives

Please ensure that you read the Job Description, which also includes the person specification, before applying.

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main duties and responsibilities for the role, please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

• Please see attached Person Specification within the Job Description

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.

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearPer annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Home or remote working