MOD DentistinPortsmouthinPortsmouthPUBLISHED THU 13 FEB 2025

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

Are you looking for a captivating role working alongside the military, a role that offers great benefits and opportunities for furthering your career development as well as being part of an excellent team?

Benefits

• General Dental Council (GDC) Annual Fees are currently re-imbursed
• Paid Annual Leave (Pro Rata for part time)
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service Pension
• Regional training days/Peer review days with free transport
• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• Continuous professional development (CPD) training supplied
• Discounted fee to access establishment fitness facilities
• Free laundry of clinical wear and free clinical footwear
• Free parking

We have a new opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed, and professional MOD Dentist to join our team at HMS Nelson, Queens Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3HH

This role will be 37 hours a week, however, requests to work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

The successful candidate will check personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in line with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing follow up treatment.

They will provide an occupational oral health assessment, being fully conversant with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Dental Fitness categorisation and dental input into the Joint Medical Employment Standard for Service personnel.

About us

Duties and responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring that surgery management, documentation including consumable stores, the safe custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of equipment is always kept to a high standard
• Onward referral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or consultants for treatment as appropriate
• MOD Dentist's are to comply with General Dental Council standards, Defence Primary Healthcare Standard Operating Procedures, Defence Policies
• Ensuring that contemporaneous notes are recorded on individuals integrated electronic healthcare records for all episodes of care

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing self and others
• Managing a quality service

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact