Band 7 Dental Therapist
Join our Community Dental Service based in Swindon to provide Special Care Dentistry for adults and children in the local community.
Job Summary
Full‑time permanent (part time considered). Working hours are 8:30 to 17:00 with a one‑hour lunch, five days per week. The role will span four dental clinics, domiciliary settings and hospital sites in Swindon, Bath and Salisbury. A motor vehicle is essential.
Main duties
* Perform a range of specialist clinical, restorative or preventative procedures without direct supervision under the direction of dentists or via direct access to defined patient groups.
* Plan and manage patients—often those with additional needs, paediatric patients, or patients with moderate to severe anxiety—demonstrating an understanding of their physical and social needs.
* Maintain patient records and provide oral health advice, plans and instruction to client groups with complex needs and to parents and carers.
Benefits
* Well‑equipped surgeries
* Full computerisation
* Varied and challenging work
* NHS benefits including pension
* Commitment to training/CPD
* Clear job planning
* Opportunities in Special Care, Paediatrics, Domiciliary Care, Health Inequality Projects, BASCD
* Consistent dental nurse support
Qualifications
* Degree in Dental Therapy and Hygiene or equivalent.
* Registration with the General Dental Council.
* Exemption training for the supply and administration of medicines.
* Diploma in Dental Health Education (desirable).
* ISACD Accreditation in Inhalation Sedation (desirable).
* Clinical experience of the full range of dental care treatments within advanced practitioner scope.
* Skilled communication and experience with patients with additional needs, paediatric patients and vulnerable adults.
* Competency in extended duties: dental radiography, local infiltration analgesia, inferior dental nerve block, dental impressions, temporary dressings, recementing of crowns.
Additional Information
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer: Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Swindon Health Centre, Islington Street, Swindon, SN1 2DQ. Employer website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/.
Pay: £47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata. Contract: Permanent. Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Job share.
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