Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen to become an essential member of the Salaried Dental Service working as part of a team of clinicians within Cheshire and Merseyside as part of the Dental Network within Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. They will support the Clinical Director and Oral Surgery Lead in the delivery of minor oral surgery contracts in a salaried primary dental care setting for patients referred from local dental practitioners (including Community Dental Service colleagues) and other healthcare professionals as appropriate. The post holder will work alongside specialists in oral surgery and offer support to junior colleagues, and be able to work independently as a senior oral surgeon.
Our friendly clinic teams pride themselves on the specialist roles they perform and the highest quality service to our patients.
Main duties of the job
To provide outpatient minor oral surgery for patients at clinic sites across Cheshire and Merseyside (Warrington, Halton & St Helens, Western Cheshire, Vale Royal and Sandbach) as required by service need.
Treatment types include:
1. Extractions of single and multi-rooted erupted teeth beyond the skill level of a general dentist.
2. Removal of buried roots and fractured or residual root fragments.
3. Routine third molar surgery removal of simple impacted / ectopic / supernumerary teeth.
4. Management of acute infection.
This list is not exhaustive. Treatment may be carried out using local anaesthetic with or without intravenous sedation (usually as operator-sedationist).
To provide advice and assistance to other staff and referring practitioners as required.
To liaise with existing specialist senior dental officers over management of cases and service development, including the development and implementation of best practice within Clinical Networks.
To ensure referring practitioners receive adequate feedback following assessment and treatment of referred cases.
To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes as required.
To participate in clinical governance, peer review and audit as required.
To ensure all patient records are of a high standard and are kept in accordance with Organisational Policies and local arrangements.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community. They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation:
P- Person-centred: We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.
E- Empowered: We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest: We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional: We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead: We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient: We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
We would expect the post holder to:
1. Manage and provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and NHS dental care treatment services for oral surgery patients accepted by our service.
2. Demonstrate additional clinical skills in the field of oral surgery and be able to independently provide tier 2 oral surgery services.
3. Provide the role of clinical lead at base and designated clinics and be available to clinicians for advice and support.
4. Maintain and develop relationships with local GDPs and the LDN.
5. Develop relationships with other parts of the health economy.
6. Undertake regular reviews of case load.
7. Ensure that appropriate recall intervals are being set.
8. Take a role in the performance management of the SLAs we have with the commissioner ensuring successful delivery both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
9. Be responsible for the line management of clinicians and dental care professionals working within the service.
10. Organise training for staff or groups of staff in a clinical area.
11. Actively engage in service improvement.
12. Maintain professional knowledge, skills and awareness of current developments within dentistry and participate in professional development activities.
13. Demonstrate application of the principles of ethical behaviour relating to dentistry, including honesty, confidentiality, professional integrity and compliance with the Standards for Dental Professionals laid down by the GDC.
14. Keep contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust protocols.
15. Perform other duties as may from time-to-time be delegated by the Clinical Director or other authorised officer.
Person Specification
Job Specific Requirements
* The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
* The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
* The ability to work independently.
* Can demonstrate the competencies of a Band B dentist.
Experience
* Significant and demonstrable post qualification oral surgery experience.
* Experience of working with a wide range of patient groups.
* Able to demonstrate relevant experience in Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance and Audit.
* Participation in a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience of working in Salaried Primary Dental Care Service or equivalent.
Qualifications
* BDS or equivalent.
* Full GDC registration.
* NHS Performer number.
* Appropriate DBS clearance.
* Meets professional health requirements and is fit to carry out the duties of the post after reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 have been made.
* Post graduate certificate in minor oral surgery.
* Tier 2 oral surgery accreditation.
Skills & Attributes
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Leadership and organisational skills to aid team development and with an ability to motivate and support other staff.
* Self-motivated.
* Use of DENTALLY dental software.
Relationships
* If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Right to Work
* Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)?
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.
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