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Dentists- Urgent and Emergency Care

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£65,000

Social Worker

Dentists- Urgent and Emergency Care

Job summary

We are seeking dentists to join our team in delivering Urgent and Emergency Dental Care for patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly unable to access a General Dental Practitioner, and for visitors to the county requiring emergency care.

A salaried position without the stress of UDAs and clawback but with the benefit of an NHS pension, this post would suit an experienced dentist seeking to refocus their dental career and make a genuine difference to those who need us most in our local community.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to our Clinical Director, this is an ideal opportunity to make that perfect career change, genuinely make a difference and help drive service improvement.

Its never been a more exciting time to join us were an employee-owned social enterprise and were the UKs first dental practice to become B Corp certified. This means we care for Cornwall, our society and the environment.

Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

Providing urgent dental care for patients (both children and adults) unable to access a General Dental Practitioner
Actively engaging with Smile Together teams and participating in audit activities, planning and development sessions, in-house meetings etc
Being responsible for safe working and practice on a day-to-day basis in sites of clinical activity, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and legislation, appropriate health, safety and security procedures within the work area, and report accidents, incidents and near misses using the Smile Together incident reporting procedure
Participating in community dental and oral health promotion activities

About us

Our package includes:

From £65,000 per annum (paid pro-rata if not working full time)
Paid indemnity and GDC registration (pro rata)

Access to NHS pension
27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays each year (pro-rata)

Additional paid day off for your birthday
Working with highly skilled, enthusiastic and fun teams, committed to patient care
Support in defining and developing your professional career in a positive and enabling environment
An excellent dedicated and personalised training package to help maintain your CPD and wider professional development via our Smile Together Training Academy
A friendly support network with an induction colleague assigned to assist your transition to our company
A range of health and wellbeing resources and support
Outstanding work life balance in a beautiful part of the country
Opportunity to become a shareholder* and have a genuine voice in our employee-owned business
Opportunity to engage in community-based oral health improvement projects, and we have quite an impact as you can see herehttps://smiletogether.co.uk/our-impact/
Our workforce benefits package including company bonus (paid pro rata) and shareholder dividend scheme*

Salary and benefits are pro rata if not working full time our standard full-time contract is 37.5 hours per week excluding breaks.

*Conditions apply

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary: Providing urgent and emergency dental care for patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly unable to access a General Dental Practitioner, and for visitors to the county requiring emergency care.

Key accountabilities: Providing urgent and emergency dental care for patients (both children and adults) unable to access a General Dental Practitioner Treating target numbers of patients Providing excellence of service including written clinical detail enabling colleagues to provide face-to-face treatment or other interventions at future appointments Actively engaging with Smile Together teams and participating in peer review, clinical audit activities, planning and development sessions and in-house meetings etc Developing relationships within the Urgent Dental Care Managed Clinical Network Being responsible for safe working and practice on a day-to-day basis in sites of clinical activity, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and legislation, appropriate health, safety and security procedures within the work area, and reporting accidents, incidents and near misses using the Smile Together incident reporting procedure 2 of 2 Undertaking other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Directors and Smile Together Management Team To work with the Clinical Directors and other operational and clinical leads to ensure your experience and knowledge helps to drive service improvement Maintaining and developing your clinical competency and continuing professional/personal development according to agreed training needs via our Smile Together Training Academy, other external educational providers and Perform (appraisal and review system) To develop a Personal Development Plan as described in the GDC Standards To support colleagues in the delivery of urgent and emergency care services including temperature checks with co-workers in this clinical environment Working alongside clinical and professional support colleagues in facilitating ongoing organisational change and development

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Competency in the common aspects of clinical dentistry and experience of a wide range of dental procedures acquired through training and clinical experience

Desirable

Experience in treating a range of oral conditions in various primary healthcare dental settings

Qualifications

Essential

Have a Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Have an NHS performer number
Full registration with the General Dental Council and Professional Indemnity Insurance

Desirable

Have an appropriate higher dental qualification suitable for the role

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.