Job summary
NCIC Special Care and Community Dental Service is seeking to recruit additional local dental practitioners to the team of experienced dentists participating in the Out of Hours Emergency Dental Service managed by the Trust at Barrow Dental Centre.
This scheme provides emergency and urgent care to patients who have been initially triaged by trained dental care professionals and NHS111.
The four-hour sessions are undertaken at Barrow Dental Centre Monday- to. Weekends and bank holidays to Shifts are allocated to a bank of clinicians on a rota basis.
The Trust liaises closely with NHS England who commission this service and the Local Professional Network. There is a locally agreed sessional rate with enhancements for bank holidays.
This role would suit experienced dentists who wish to contribute in the provision of emergency and urgent care to the local population and to develop and enhance this particular skill.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the Primary Care Dental Officer is to provide emergency and urgent care identified through the dental triage process.
The duties may require under exceptional circumstances to operate beyond the normal operating hours. This may be to accommodate the late arrival of an emergency patient or to complete urgent treatment already commenced. It is expected that these instances should be few in number, by exception and occur only when no other clinical alternative is possible to ensure the safety of the patient.
You will be working as part of a small clinical team in a dental surgery at Barrow Dental Centre. Patients are triaged in advance by call handlers and trained dental nurses in partner organisations and booked directly into clinic slots.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full description and main responsibilities. In short:
6. To provide of emergency and urgent dental care, as defined by the Band 1 urgent treatment NHS guidance to patients who have accessed the service via the dental triage process
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
7. BDS or equivalent
8. Dental Foundation Training completed (or equivalence achieved)
9. NHS England Performer List registration
Experience
Essential
10. Having worked 'unsupervised' as a dentist for a minimum of two years within NHS Primary Care dentistry
Desirable
11. Previous experience working in emergency dental service
Knowledge
Essential
12. Basic Life Support
13. Compliant with training in core CPD determined by GDC
14. Compliant with training in Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
15. Knowledge of SDCEP and FGDP(UK) guidance around prescribing in dental practice
16. Legislative framework governing the delivery of oral health care in England
Desirable
17. Knowledge of legislation and guidance around process of consent
18. Proven experience and competence in routine minor oral surgery
19. Training in the identification, management and treatment of urgent and emergency dental care clinical presentations
20. Knowledge of SOE dental software
Skills
Essential
21. Good interpersonal skills with citable examples of working as part of a wider dental team
22. Empathy and understanding towards patients and other staff members
23. Ability to organise own workload and manage priorities.
24. Expertise in a range of clinical dentistry
Personal Circumstances
Essential
25. Willingness to work with a variety of different patient groups
26. Compliance with NHS Policy on Smoking
Other requirements
Essential
27. Act in a way that supports equality and value diversity