Band A Dental Officer – Special Care Dentistry inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED
WED 15 JAN 2025
Opportunity to work within a specialized and respected team of professionals, including consultants and specialists, enhancing collaborative skills.
Exposure to a diverse range of patient needs, including adults with disabilities and those with severe dental phobia, which allows for the development of specialized clinical competencies.
Possibility of gaining DES (Dentist with Extended Skills) status, enhancing career progression and professional qualifications.
The role includes provision of domiciliary care, enabling impactful work in community settings and giving care to those who may have difficulties accessing dental services.
Supervising dental students offers a chance to mentor and influence the next generation of dental professionals while receiving an additional allowance.
Permanent position with a reasonable work schedule of 0.4 WTE (2 days per week), allowing for a good work-life balance.
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band A Dental Officer for their Special Care Dentistry (SCD) team. This permanent position is part-time, with the expectation of working two days per week, and offers the opportunity to develop clinical skills in SCD, including basic level IV sedation. The role involves providing dental care to adults with disabilities, medical and mental health issues, as well as those with severe dental phobia, and includes domiciliary care and supervision of dental students.
Candidates should possess experience in oral surgery, ideally from a hospital-based position of at least six months, and demonstrate teamwork and initiative. Full GDC registration and eligibility for the local NHS performers list are required, along with flexibility to work across various sites in Birmingham and the Black Country. The Trust emphasises a commitment to integrated, personalized care within the community and encourages those interested in contributing to outstanding healthcare to apply.
Candidates should possess experience in oral surgery, ideally from a hospital-based position of at least six months, and demonstrate teamwork and initiative. Full GDC registration and eligibility for the local NHS performers list are required, along with flexibility to work across various sites in Birmingham and the Black Country. The Trust emphasises a commitment to integrated, personalized care within the community and encourages those interested in contributing to outstanding healthcare to apply.
Applications are invited for a dentist to join our Special Care Dentistry team. SCD is one of the specialised services provided by the integrated Dental Hospital and Community Dental Services within the Dental Division of BCHC. Based in the Birmingham and Black Country area, you will be working as part of a consultant led team which includes Specialists, Senior Dental Officers and DCPs. There will be an opportunity to develop clinical competencies in all aspects of SCD including basic level IV sedation. This may include DES (Dentist with Extended Skills) status once the relevant requirements are released by the Royal Colleges.
This is a permanent role - 0.4 WTE - 2 days per week
This interesting and varied role includes providing dental care for adults with disabilities, medical and mental health problems as well as severe dental phobia. It also includes provision of domiciliary care and responsibility for supervising dental students for which an additional allowance will be paid.
You will need a good awareness of the SCD specialty and some basic experience of working with the above patient groups. You will need experience in oral surgery ideally attained through a hospital based oral surgery post of at least 6 months. You will also need to demonstrate the ability to work as a team player and on your own initiative. You must also have full GDC registration, have entered or be eligible to be entered onto the local NHS performers list, and the flexibility to work at different sites in the Black Country and Birmingham area if required
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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Webb Job title: Team PA Email address: Telephone number:
This is a permanent role - 0.4 WTE - 2 days per week
This interesting and varied role includes providing dental care for adults with disabilities, medical and mental health problems as well as severe dental phobia. It also includes provision of domiciliary care and responsibility for supervising dental students for which an additional allowance will be paid.
You will need a good awareness of the SCD specialty and some basic experience of working with the above patient groups. You will need experience in oral surgery ideally attained through a hospital based oral surgery post of at least 6 months. You will also need to demonstrate the ability to work as a team player and on your own initiative. You must also have full GDC registration, have entered or be eligible to be entered onto the local NHS performers list, and the flexibility to work at different sites in the Black Country and Birmingham area if required
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- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details and postal address
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Webb Job title: Team PA Email address: Telephone number:
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