Band 5 Civilian Dental Hygienist (CDH)

NHS; Northwood (IA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 5 Civilian Dental Hygienist to join their team at Northwood HQ. This part-time role offers a supportive environment with flexible working options and numerous benefits. The successful candidate will provide high-quality dental hygiene services, ensuring compliance with NHS standards. If you're passionate about dental care and want to work alongside military personnel, we invite you to apply.

Benefits

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Free on-site parking

Access to Gym (at a reduced rate)

Savings and discounts

GDC Annual Retention Fee reimbursed

Market Skills Supplement of £5,750 per annum

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Dental Council with no restrictions.
• Qualifications must be held in full prior to application.

Responsibilities

• Provide dental hygiene treatment as per GDC guidelines.
• Record treatment on patients' electronic health records.
• Maintain surgery cleanliness and report deficiencies.

Skills

Communication

Health, Safety & Security

Service Improvement

Quality

Equality and Diversity

Education

GDC approved Certificate/Diploma in Dental Hygiene

BSc in Dental Therapy

Job description

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 5 Civilian Dental Hygienist (CDH)

The closing date is 27 May 2025

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 5 Civilian Dental Hygienist (CDH)looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Dental Centre, Northwood HQ.

The vacant post is part time working 15 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• Free on-site parking
• Access to Gym (at a reduced rate)
• Savings and discounts
• General Dental Council (GDC) Annual Retention Fee (ARF) reimbursed
• A Market Skills Supplement of £5,750 per annum (pro rata) will be offered to the successful candidate.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Main duties of the job

Defence Primary Healthcare delivers a clinicalservice in accordance with National Health Service (NHS) Standards and Ministryof Defence policies. You will primarily provide dental treatment, oral hygieneinstruction and education, administration, enhancing force generation andoperational capability and minimising dental morbidity on operations. Whilealso providing, if requested, clinical and administrative support for theprovision of dental care in other local Defence Primary Healthcare sites orhealth fairs.

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular andreservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, workingtogether seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force,developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making andParliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles workingacross 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join oneof the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retainingpeople from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways ofworking as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave ofup to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn anddevelop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individualand part of a team.

If youve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or bebetter, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let'ssee where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are notlimited to:

• Provide dental hygiene treatment in line with their approved scope ofpractice as per General Dental Council guidelines and in accordance withagreed patient group directive (PGD).
• Accurately record treatment on each patients electronic health record onDefence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP).
• Ensure their surgery is prepared appropriately for the days patients inaccordance with current regulations.
• Maintain the standard and cleanliness of the surgery and accommodationfor which they are responsible, reporting any deficiencies in accordancewith local protocols.

Please refer to the attachedJob Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process:

Theselection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will betested against the following Technical Skills-

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

To be considered for this role,qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior tosubmitting your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have therequired skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in theCV section of the application form.

Applicantsapproaching graduation are eligible to apply for this role, however they willneed to obtain the full qualification and membership requirements prior tocommencing in post. Should you have any queries concerning your eligibility,please contact [e-mail]

There is no requirement to deployas this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity ofcare required by our patients when based at home.

The sift will be completed within5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a dateto be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursementfor any travel expenses for the interview.

When choosing your Behaviour/Technical Skills examples,please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your ownexperiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission,presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could resultin your application being rejected.

Requests to work flexibly and/orpart time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will bepro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to theCivil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwiseadvised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meetthe security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of securityneeded is security check.

Accessto the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

If found successful for this position, you will be required toprovide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not aproof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure toprovide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment beingwithdrawn.

Thepost does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares ortemporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the fullpackage, subject to eligibility.

As a resultof the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled workervisa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be businesscritical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsora visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will requiresponsorship under the points-based system.

Should youapply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application willbe rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry ofDefence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment forits staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking,protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supportingthose who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environmentpolicy, Smoking and the use ofall tobacco products (including combustibleand chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defenceworking environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defencepersonnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicantsseeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defenceshould be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number ofDefence Establishments.

This vacancy is partof the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embracesdiversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability ConfidentScheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selectioncriteria.

If you need to advise us that youneed additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process,please contact [e-mail].

Fordetails on our complaints procedure, please refer to the attached ImportantInformation

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Satisfactorily completed a GDC approved Certificate/Diploma in Dental Hygiene OR BSc (Bachelor of Science) in Dental Therapy as outlined Dental Therapy and Dental Hygiene (gdc-uk.org)

Registration and Memberships

• Registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) with no Current, spent, or impending restrictions to practice.

Provide a CV

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.
• Please provide your membership registration number.
• You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
• Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

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.

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearPer Annum (Pro-Rata for part time) *Pay award pending.