Dentist

Type: Trainee
Location: Plymouth, South West England

Description:

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) is an award-winning Community Interest Company that provides NHS treatment and outreach services to local communities in Devon and Cornwall. As a social enterprise, we are a values driven organisation with a focus on patient-centred care and addressing local oral health needs. We work closely with the University of Plymouth’s Peninsula Dental School to support the clinical education of its dental healthcare students.
We are looking to recruit dentists to join our growing team, initially based in our Plymouth facilities but we have an ambition to expand into a new Dental Education Practice (DEP) in Plymouth City Centre, in the next few years and are looking for enthusiastic and forward-thinking clinicians to support this ambition. The DEP will provide an innovative model of care comprising urgent and stabilisation dental care, and general and specialist dentistry delivered alongside placements for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as trainees undertaking dental foundation training.
These roles would suit candidates who wish to develop their careers and skills further, and we are particularly interested in candidates who wish to become dental foundation trainers for dentistry and therapy. Funding is available for postgraduate training up to MSc level for successful candidates who wish to advance their clinical skills, in addition to the current benefits package.
Successful candidates will work alongside University dental staff including specialists in minor oral surgery in a multidisciplinary clinical environment which offers full clinical support.
If you are looking for a new challenge and to be part of an exciting new model, this is a truly unique opportunity to work in a new way with lots of opportunities for leadership and clinical development.
This role includes:

• Highly competitive salaries
• Contracts for 1-5 days per week (7.5 – 37.5 hours)
• Trainers grant available if supervising dental foundation training
• Paid Indemnity Insurance
• Opportunity to claim back professional registration fees
• Free PPE and scrub top/trousers
• Access to a free online CPD platform
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to the Scottish Widows pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing after 5 years’ service
• Access to our Cycle to Work Scheme
• 100% of lab fees paid
• Senior clinician support and advice
• Access to digital X-Rays/CBCT
• Support to develop your skills and career

Dentists and Therapists must be registered with the GDC. In addition, Dentists must have completed Dental Foundation training and hold a valid NHS performer number.

This post is subject to receipt of satisfactory employment checks including clearance from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

If you wish to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact PDSE-recruitment@plymouth.ac.uk

Role: Dentist
Grade: Dependent on qualifications and experience
Reports to: Lead Dentist

Role summary:
The post holder will provide high quality NHS dental services in a multidisciplinary and innovative clinical environment. Patients may be referred via student teaching clinics, either for treatments more complex than can be managed by students, or to complete courses of treatment which cannot be completed by students because of time constraints. You may also be involved in triage sessions to identify suitable patients for students to treat.

Full clinical support is offered with access to senior clinician support and advice, hygienist / therapist support and access to digital X-Rays/CBCT.

Key accountabilities:
• Provide clinically appropriate, high quality NHS dental treatment to patients, following all relevant standards and guidelines.
• Maintain PDSE standards of clinical governance, including infection control, patient confidentiality, clinical record keeping, etc.
• Regularly carry out audits of clinical treatment.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are observed at all times
• Support the work of the whole dental team employed by PDSE

Measures of success:
• Successful outcomes to items listed in key accountabilities and other delegated tasks
• Positive customer feedback (staff, patients, and students)
• Meets deadlines
• Manages competing demands

Knowledge, Education and Training:
• A Batchelor of Dental Surgery degree
• GDC registration
• Performers number
• DFT supervisor (desirable)
• Broad dental knowledge, with up-to-date knowledge of aspects of general practice within your scope of practice

Experience:
• Demonstrable clinical experience in an NHS practice
• Active in clinical dental practice
• Broad experience in a wide range of treatments
• Education experience (desirable)

Skills:
• First class clinical skills
• Team player who plans ahead and is well organised
• Excellent communication
• Ability to provide concise explanations and clear direction and guidance
• IT Skills including use of clinical software systems, such as R4 (or similar electronic patient record system and Microsoft Office packages
• Willing to work to academic standards and be involved in quality assurance

Behaviours
• Professionalism
• Flexibility
• A team player

Other:
This job description provides a general reflection of the key accountabilities associated with the post; it is expected that the role holder will undertake any other reasonable activities to assist in efficient service delivery.

This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and his/her manager. Job descriptions should be reviewed at least annually at the appraisal meeting.

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