Job overview
Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Service (BPDS) is looking for enthusiastic and conscientious dentists with excellent interpersonal skills and interests in all fields of dentistry.
We are open to considering a full time and/or a part time Dental Officer to join the Team, based at Brookside Clinic (you may also work on the dental mobile in High Wycombe or at Amersham Health Centre).
Main duties of the job
The succesful applicant will be required to provide a full range of dental care to any patient accessing the Buckinghamshire Priority Dental service, including priority groups, special needs children and adults, who require care.
You will be joining a team that is responding to change, redesigning services, committed to a patient-focused NHS and developing innovative solutions to improved access and oral health. BPDS has a dynamic team that includes Specialists, Dentists, Dental Therapists, and Dental Core Trainees.
Working for our organisation
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Service (BPDS) is a Community Dental Service, hosted by CNWL, which has a team of dentists, dental therapists, dental nurses and reception and administrative staff who provide a high standard of care and service to patients in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Service (BPDS) are a team of dentist, dental therapists, dental nurses and reception and administrative staff who provide a high standard of care and service to patients.
What we offer
We offer a service for patients who fit the criteria listed below, and because of this are unable to have care provided to them by a general dental practitioner:
1. Adults and children with severe learning disabilities
2. Adults and children with severe physical disabilities
3. Adults and children with complex medical problems
4. Adults and children with severe mental health problems
5. Children with severe behavioural management problems
6. Adults and children with very severe anxiety and dental phobias * this is available in Buckinghamshire only, not Milton Keynes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post will involve providing dental care to children and adults of all ages including those with special needs, physical disabilities and other priority groups. The service provides treatment under inhalation and intravenous sedation and general anaesthetic. Care is also provided in a dental mobile and in the domiciliary setting. The postholder will have the opportunity to be involved in treating patients under sedation or general anaesthesia, treatment using the wheelchair tipper and bariatric bench and providing epidemiology fieldwork. Opportunities may be available to be involved in the training of junior staff such as a Dental Core Trainee.
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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.
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