Senior Dental Officer

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Job overview

Senior Dental Officer - 0.8 wte

We are looking for enthusiastic dental professionals to join our dynamic community dental team at Whittington Health. We are a large organisation providing paediatric and special care dentistry across ten boroughs in north London. You will work alongside our dedicated team including specialists, therapists, and oral health promoters, in fully equipped clinics and be well-supported by an experienced nursing and management team. Dental care is carried out in our modern clinics , on a domiciliary basis, or in hospital sites. You will have opportunities to develop your skills and interests in the areas of paediatric and special care dentistry.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for the provision of high quality special care dentistry to patients referred to the service.
Much of the post will involve providing clinical care but there will also be responsibilities in the areas of clinical governance, training, management and supervision.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide specialist clinical care to patients with additional or special care needs at Level 2 and above.
• To provide clinical care under sedation when required and following further training if required
• To demonstrate professional and clinical leadership in the clinical setting in providing treatment safely and to a high standard
• To provide clinical care for other CDS patients, according to the needs of the service
• To comply with all relevant professional and Trust policies, guidelines and standards including mandatory training, health and safety and infection control
• To provide clinical care, when required, in health centres other than their base clinic, and in other settings such as care homes and hospitals
• To work with others in the health, local authority and voluntary sectors to raise awareness of the oral health needs of adults and children with special needs, promote oral health and to improve access to dental services

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BDS
• Full registration with the General Dental Council
• Eligible for Performers List
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to special care dentistry and compliance with GDC requirements for recertification

Desirable criteria

• A relevant postgraduate qualification relating to special care dentistry or evidence of working towards this

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in the clinical management of a wide range of special care patients

Desirable criteria

• Experience of providing dental treatment under IV sedation
• Experience of providing dental treatment under general anaesthesia
• Experience of either assessing, appraising or managing staff

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• High quality general dental clinical skills in care of adults
• Ability to manage difficult or challenging behaviours in patients, including use of sedation techniques and clinical holding
• Ability to assess capacity and implement MCA procedures
• Knowledge of medical conditions relevant to the practice of dentistry and how they should be managed
• Ability to liaise with others in providing care for patients
• Good interpersonal and liaison skills
• An understanding of the concept and effect of inequality as it relates to oral health
• Knowledge of health promotion and preventive strategies
• Knowledge of good practice, clinical developments and evidence-based dentistry
• An understanding of clinical governance issues in community dentistry
• Knowledge of service priorities and contractual targets and supporting others to achieve them

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria

• Highly motivated and committed to patient-centred care
• Enthusiasm, drive and commitment
• Ability to maintain good relationships with colleagues within the various teams.
• Ability to meet the demands of the post and to work under pressure

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form -

1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes -

1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information -

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 305.9KB)