Dental officer

Salary is NHS Dental Officer - Salary is dependant on experience - Inclusive of HCAS Per annum pro rata

Permanent Part-time - 22.5 hours per week (Domiciliary Visit Essential Part of the Job) x 2 jobs

We are looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious dentist to join our team. Whether you are an ambitious dentist looking for experience in the community setting before doing speciality training or wanting to move away from the stresses of general practice, this is an ideal place to work.

We provide great support to clinicians so that they can learn and excel in their careers, many of our dental officers have been selected for the highly competitive speciality training programme.

Our Community Dental Service provides dentistry to a wide range of patients including both adults and children requiring either special care dentistry or specialist care. Several clinics are equipped to provide dental treatment with inhalation and/or intravenous sedation, and the service also provides dental treatment under general anaesthesia for children and adult special care patients at the Princess Royal Hospital in Orpington.

Apart from providing care in our clinical settings, we work with a wide range of other organisations to deliver dental treatment to people in their own homes and care homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Proposed interview date week commencing 24th February 2025


Main duties of the job

Your main area of responsibility will be to provide dentistry for adult and child patients with a wide range of special care needs, both in a domiciliary setting and in the surgery, under local anaesthesia, inhalational sedation, and possibly under general anaesthesia in a hospital setting.

As part of the CDS, you will be a team player, able to make treatment plans for, and advise and support other members of the dental team regarding care of patients with special care needs. Experience of working alongside a Dental Therapist and in the treatment of patients in a special care dental service setting and using inhalation sedation would be an advantage.

You will have excellent, experienced nursing support and have access to training allowances for Continuing Professional Development.

We are looking for an energetic, flexible, and self-motivated person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as being IT competent. You will take a role in peer review, clinical governance, and clinical audit projects.

This role will have a requirement to make domiciliary visits, so please bear this in mind when applying as this is an essential part of the role.


About us

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people, and adults. Salary is dependent on NHS experience and current banding/pay point. Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme, and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.


Job responsibilities

To liaise with other Dental Officers/Specialist Dentists/members of the Dental team, General Dental Practitioners, and Hospital Consultants as necessary and promote the Service with professional employees and other agencies.

Deliver dental treatment and preventive care and education to priority groups including those with:

* Dental anxiety and behaviour management issues
* Medical complexity
* Learning disability
* Limitations of personal mobility
* Other physical disability
* Relevant mental health issues
* Plus Size needs
* Other vulnerabilities, e.g., Looked After Children

Treatment under sedation or general anaesthesia, and epidemiological field work and domiciliary care are of particular significance as a member of the Special Care Dental Service.

Management of, in a clinical capacity, dental therapists/hygienists/dental nurses as required.

Produce and maintain accurate patient records, and complete appropriate NHS forms (e.g., FP17 forms). Collect and receipt patient charges in accordance with NHS Regulations and ensure the safe keeping of monies through banking in accordance with Bromley Healthcare Policies and Procedures. Computer systems will be involved with these processes. Produce and maintain accurate records of epidemiological field work and dental screening delivered and dental care provided. Paper and computer systems will be involved.

Patients' dental care needs accurately assessed and appropriate dental treatment and preventive care delivered.

Clinical sessions are booked efficiently and activity recorded accurately to the appropriate standard. Referrals were assessed and treatment commenced within a timely manner.

Consolidate clinical skills following Foundation training and consolidating skills treating additional needs patients and those with an urgent dental need.


Person Specification


Qualification

* Vocational Training/Dental foundation training
* Hold a full NHS Primary Dental Care Performer number
* Full registration with the General Dental Council
* Other professional memberships (Royal Colleges)


Experience

* Up to date clinical knowledge of dentistry in the UK
* Thorough knowledge of medical conditions relevant to the practice of special care dentistry
* Understanding of the current issues facing dental services
* Understanding of the issues around consent
* Comprehensive understanding of clinical governance
* Understanding of the issues around confidentiality
* Experience in using Dental Electronic Patient Software
* Supervision of clinical staff
* Experience in treating patients under general anaesthesia or sedation
* Experience of providing treatment under inhalation sedation
* Experience of providing treatment under intravenous sedation


Skills

* Current UK drivers' license with reliable access to own car for work purposes
* Able to communicate at all levels in writing and verbally
* Good command of written and spoken English
* Ability to absorb Health and Departmental standards and procedures, including Health & Safety at Work regulations
* Record of CPD
* Understanding of own limitations and development needs
* Able to work to protocols


Knowledge

* Knowledge of special care dentistry and paediatric dentistry in the delivery of dental care
* Knowledge of GDC standards
* Awareness of public health issues
* Awareness of issues relating to ethnic minorities


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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