Postgraduate Dental Dean inDurham inDurham PUBLISHED 2 OCT 2024

The Postgraduate Dental Dean is an important & influential post both locally & nationally delivering a wide range of education & training, national policy across the dental professions, aligned with the organisation's mandate & national workforce strategy for the dental profession. The Dental Dean will be expected to support the work of the COPDEND & where relevant, work with the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, Higher Education Institutions & Integrated Care Boards.

The Dental Dean has statutory obligations in relation to Dental Foundation Training & Dental Specialist Lists. There are additional expectations of Dental Deans explicit in the delivery of health care regulation by the General Dental Council, Department of Health & the Care Quality Commission.


Responsibilities Include

• Lead the multiprofessional dental team in the north east & north Cumbria.
• Promoting the development of the dental team to meet new ways of working, including skill mix in line with Scope of Practice defined by the General Dental Council
• Encouraging & supporting initiatives aimed at improving the quality of dental care, including appraisal, peer review and clinical audit.
• The efficient and satisfactory delivery of educational courses to support dentists new or returning to the NHS to understand working in the UK & NHS as necessary, to underpin safe & effective patient care & to meet the NHS Performers List Regulations & other relevant legislation
• Up to a max of 8 PAs are available for this role
  
  

The Postgraduate Dental Dean for the north east and north Cumbria will support the Regional Postgraduate Dean to work across the spectrum of Postgraduate Dental training.

The role will include providing significant leadership to work on developing strategic dental educational frameworks to support effective multi-professional training to the regional dental workforce in both primary and secondary settings.

The postholder will be an advocate for dental and oral health education by being a positive role model that inspires, motivates and empowers whilst demonstrating NHS values. A key element of this role will be the ability to collaborate with stakeholders including the regional Integrated Care Board and local education and service providers.

The NHS England Board Have Set Out The Top-level Purpose For The New Organisation To Lead The NHS In England To Deliver High-quality Services For All, Which Will Inform The Detailed Design Work And We Will Achieve This Purpose By

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
  
  

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit www.jobsincare.com/job/jMXd1UCC with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ben Wild Job title: Postgraduate Dental Dean Email address: