Main area Community Dental Team Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (To cover Maternity Leave) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week Job ref 350-CC6556482-A
Employer Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Vauxhall Town Knowsley Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/12/2024 23:59 Interview date 08/01/2025
Dental Therapist
Band 6
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
Dental Therapist Band 6 £37,388 - £44,962 37.5 hours per week, 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Community Dental Service is looking for a Full Time Dental Therapist to join our Community and Personal Dental Service Team.
You will be part of a team delivering high quality dental care to people of all ages and from a diverse range of cultural and social backgrounds. The successful candidate will deliver dental therapy services within our community and personal dental services including providing preventative oral health care and treatment to patients and liaising with Dentists over their treatment. A key element will be the provision of dental hygiene activity and restorative care.
This post would be appropriate for a recently qualified Dental Therapist looking for an exciting development opportunity to work in a varied and challenging environment.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Community Dental Service Team is committed to the provision of high quality dental care. Joining us means that you will be fully supported in your professional development, and will participate in audit and quality assurance as part of our clinical governance programme.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is to provide clinical, restorative and preventive care and treatment through a treatment plan prescribed by a Dentist. The Post holder would be expected to manage patients who may present with complex needs.
The Post Holder will plan, provide and adapt tailored oral healthcare advice and instructions to children and adult patients. Patients will have a full examination and assessment by a Dentist. The patient will then be referred to a Dental Therapist who will then plan and deliver treatment which falls within their scope of practice.
Dentists and therapists are required to work closely together to identify suitable patients with the dentist available to provide clinical leadership and support.
The post holder will be expected to work at any establishment at any time throughout the duration of the contract, normally within the boundaries of the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Qualification in dental hygiene and therapy to degree level or equivalent ie B.Sc or Diploma in Dental Hygiene or Therapy
* Current registration with General Dental Council
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
* Experience of working with child and adult patients with complex needs
* Use of Clinical IT Systems
* Knowledge of child and adult protection procedures and keys signs to indicate a child or adult “at risk”
* Knowledge of behavioural management techniques for children and adults with complex needs
* Detailed knowledge of a broad range of complex medical conditions and an understanding of their impact on the provision of dental care
* Knowledge of relevant medico legal issues impacting on care provision such as consent and parental responsibility
* Knowledge of relevant health education messages relevant to the specific needs of patients and the evidence base supporting this information
* Knowledge of health and safety issues such as radiation protection and cross infection control relevant to operating safely in the dental clinic and in other settings (such as nursing homes and schools)
* Understanding the key principles of information governance and clinical record keeping
* Experienced in clinical audit and peer review and able to lead on audit areas within the directorate clinical governance system
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Communication skills – able to communicate with the very young, adults with learning disability
* Aware of ways to overcome communication barriers for those with sensory impairment
* Organisational and time management – able to prioritise and organise clinical and non-clinical time of self and other colleagues such as oral health educators.
* Able to perform BLS in line with current guidelines and to deal with common medical emergencies (e.g. faints)
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