Overview
Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that: is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked 'Good' by the CQC; is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community; is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence; offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more; and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services? Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.
To be responsible for the provision of professional and efficient dental care of patients as required by the service. The post holder will provide appropriate emergency NHS dental care for patients accessing the service. The dentaline sessional dentist will undertake the necessary administrative and clinical tasks as directed by the clinical lead of dental services. A dentaline dentist must ensure a professional and ethical level of communication and confidentiality in their day to day activity encompassing the following areas.
Responsibilities and duties
* Internal: To work closely with colleagues in dentaline and adhere to the appropriate service guidelines and referral guidelines outlined by the service.
* External: To liaise with general medical and dental practitioners, other healthcare professionals, external agencies and organisations in order to achieve the best possible care for patients.
* To liaise with local hospital maxillofacial departments in order to provide well-coordinated care for all patients.
* To work closely with the public, patients and their carers in order to maintain high-quality services to our patients.
Knowledge, training and experience
* A dentaline dentist should hold a recognised dental qualification which is registered on the current GDC dental register.
* Adherence to organisation policies on health & safety, diversity, infection control, smoking/vaping in the workplace. Knowledge of local standards and policies. General knowledge of organisation and health and safety policy. Appropriate applications and service development.
* Appropriate use of the dental electronic referral system to ensure appropriate patient care.
Policy, service development and governance
* Organising and monitoring of clinical activity to provide the most appropriate and effective outcomes for patient care.
* Participation in audit processes and service improvement.
Financial and physical resources
* Ensure timely and appropriate management of dental claims each session for patient care provided.
HR responsibilities
* To take clinical responsibility for ancillary staff working under supervision to maintain agreed standards.
Information resources and confidentiality
* Medway community healthcare CIC employees are required to ensure that information about patients is safeguarded to maintain confidentiality and is kept securely in accordance with NHS requirements. Patient information can only be passed to someone else if it contributes to the provision of care or the effective management of health care services within the organisation.
Freedom to act
* Work independently as an autonomous practitioner with overall responsibility for appropriate patient care provision.
* Work within defined departmental, professional and organisational protocols, policies and codes of conduct.
* Use initiative to resolve problems.
* Follow organisation policies and procedures.
Additional information
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 week of the closing date; no discourtesy is intended in not contacting you if your application is rejected. When completing your application, please include the email addresses and contact telephone numbers for your referees; your referees should be your line managers / course tutors for the last 3 years.
MCH is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a compassionate and inclusive workplace and values diversity of all people. We prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any kind and wish to provide our employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MCH. We are positive about disability and we guarantee interviews to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria as specified in the job description. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the interview and selection process and through their employee journey. We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Qualifications and desirable attributes
* Have completed FD training or equivalent experience unless exempt.
* Maintain the necessary competencies for their post.
* Maintain their clinical skills and knowledge base throughout their professional career in accordance with CPD recommendations.
* Have the flexibility and clinical ability to ensure equity of access to patient care.
* Have the ability to work within a dental team.
* Have good organisational skills.
* Have good interpersonal and communication skills.
* Have appropriate IT skills.
Analytical, judgment and planning
* The post holder should organise and monitor clinical activity to provide the most appropriate and effective outcomes for patient care.
* Management of practical issues on a daily basis to provide a safe and efficient working environment.
* All of the above to be carried out in accordance with MCH policies and procedures.
* Have well-developed organisational skills working with the clinical lead. Ensure high standard of accessible and appropriate treatment for all patients. Utilise referral networks effectively (E.g. Vantage Rego).
Physical skills
* The post requires highly developed dental skills for assessment and treatment.
* To have manual dexterity.
* To be able to undertake clinical procedures which may be time consuming due to the physical, mental or dental needs of the patient.
* If necessary, moving and handling of patients from wheelchair to dental chair, either manually or by hoist in line with moving and handling recommendations.
* To have good keyboard skills.
* Ability to travel between dentaline sites.
Patient care responsibilities
* Screening, diagnosis, treatment planning and providing emergency treatment only.
* Detailed knowledge and application of contemporary methods of providing dental care with reference to clinical guidelines and standards of practice. Current knowledge of standards in the field and of NICE guidelines.
Opportunity and contact
Are you a dentist with an interest in out of hours emergency care? Are you looking to develop your skills? If you answered yes, we have the perfect role for you. We are currently looking to recruit sessional self-employed dentists to work within the dentaline service for our sites at Canterbury, Larkfield and Rochester. We are looking for qualified and experienced dentists to work at our busy clinics to assist in providing out of hours emergency care to patients during the evenings and weekends when daytime care is shut. The successful candidates will work alongside trained dental nurses and clinic coordinators with hours to suit your needs. Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
Interested? For an informal chat about the role please call Amanda Sands (PA to MCH dental services management team) on 01634 334660
Hourly rate: £51.95 - Monday to Friday; £57.82 - Weekends; £62.33 - Bank holidays. Please note that this role is solely self employed. You will not be employed by medway community healthcare directly.
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