Specialist Senior Dental Officer - Band C Part-time - 22.5 hours per week (Up to 0.6 wte) Salary is NHS Salaried Dentists Band C – FIXED TERM 12 Months
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the UHBW Primary Care Dental Service. We are looking for an experienced and caring clinician with GDC specialist registration in either Special Care, Paediatric Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry or Oral Surgery to join our team of dentists for a fixed-term post, 12 months.
Your main area of responsibility will be to provide support and advice, including treatment planning and case discussions on complex patients with/for colleagues working within the service. There will also be a treatment role, mainly for those patients unable to be treated by other dental staff.
Experience of working alongside a Dental Therapist and in treatment of patients in a special care dental service setting and using sedation is essential. The post includes the provision of domiciliary care and sedation and the provision of dental care under local anaesthesia as required.
You will have excellent, experienced nursing support. You will also be able to take an active role in peer review, clinical governance and clinical audit projects.
This role is very well supported by the PCDS Clinical Director and Operations Manager.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
* Provide emergency and routine dental care for people with severe issues who are unable to receive care from elsewhere within the service.
* Be based at one of the Health Centres or Clinics in Bristol and the surrounding area, with required work at other bases within the BNSSG catchment area to support the provision of this advanced service.
* Support more junior clinicians with different competencies or less experience, and work with Dental Therapists.
* Provide leadership at service level in their specialty, career development and mentoring for their team of clinicians and support staff.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us and you can enjoy the best of both worlds with city living close to countryside or seaside, and easy access to the South West.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce that represents the diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Khurram Rashid
Job title: Clinical Director UHBW PCDS
Email: khurram.rashid@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0117 902 7130
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