About this role
Job summary
Northumbria Community Dental are excited to appoint to the post of Community Dental Officer within the Community Dental Service covering both Northumberland and North Tyneside.
We are a team of clinicians providing dental care to vulnerable populations of both adults and children, covering 9 clinical sites.
The successful candidate must show outstanding clinical skills evidenced through experience of working with our population, leadership skills, have audit and quality improvement experience and be flexible to the needs of the service. Working as a dental officer involves working independently, supporting patients with informed decision making, whilst managing your time and clinic. There will need to be evidence of skills around conflict management and safeguarding.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to provide comprehensive care to patients with additional needs, including treatment under sedation and general anaesthetic.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification attached to the advert for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree in Dental Surgery as recognised by the General Dental Council Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent Full registration as a dentist with the General Dental Council Inclusion on NHS England's Performer List or be eligible for inclusion prior to starting post
Desirable
Relevant post-graduate qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Seaton Park Medical Centre
Norham Road
Ashington
NE63 0NG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)