Main area: Community Dental Services
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried Dentist - A
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (TO BE AGREED)
Job ref: 213-CAY-6692781
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £50,512 - £75,767 pro rata per annum, plus London zone £2,162
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/10/2024 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious dentist with good interpersonal and clinical skills to join the Community Special Care Dental Service. This is a full-time position and will involve working in our clinics based in South East London (Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham) as well as providing domiciliary care for our patients residing in the local area.
The successful candidate will preferably have current or recent previous experience of working in a UK-based salaried primary-care dental service. They should have established and demonstrable skills in the provision of oral health care for children and adults with special needs. Ideally, the candidate will also have experience of domiciliary dentistry, dental screening, and dental epidemiological fieldwork. Candidates who have worked in General Dental Services and have an interest in Special Care will also be considered.
Working as part of a team and with excellent nursing support, this post will suit a dentist who is committed to providing a high standard of oral health care.
Good clinical and patient-management skills will enable the post-holder to achieve a high level of personal job satisfaction.
Full registration with the GDC and completed vocational training or equivalence is essential for this post, as is eligibility for an NHS performer number. A driving licence and daily access to a vehicle is also essential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Setting up clinics
* Assessing patients
* Organising the surgeries
* Working as a team alongside dental nurses and therapists
* Attending compulsory training sessions
Person specification
Qualifications
* REGISTERABLE DENTAL QUALIFICATION
Knowledge and Experience
* COMPLETION OF FOUNDATION TRAINING OR EQUIVALENT
* COMMUNITY DENTISTRY EXPERIENCE
* CPD IN PAEDIATRICS OR SPECIAL CARE DENTISTRY
Important
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* If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications.
* To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert.
* Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
* Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy.
* All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
* Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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