Band B Senior Dental Officer

You will be responsible for providing clinical care at Senior Dental Officer level with a particular focus on special care dentistry, paediatric dentistry, sedation service sand services for other vulnerable patient groups that meet the criteria for treatment in CDS.

You will assist the Clinical Director in the planning and delivery of Community Dental Services across Hywel Dda but with a particular focus on Ceredigion.

To provide dental treatment to patients within the remit of the Community Dental Service in dental clinics, hospitals and domiciliary settings, including driving between establishments and the transportation of appropriate equipment required for such visits.

This includes provisions under general anaesthesia and inhalation sedation for adults and children where appropriate.

To provide preventive care and advice to individual patients and their carers. This may also include involvement in the development of oral health promotion services to groups of such patients, their carers or staff in conjunction with the Oral Health Team.

To provide advice to and delegation of patient treatment to community dentists and dental auxiliary staff in cases where the specialised skills of a senior community dentist are not required.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals:
  Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth;
  Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen;
  Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals:
  Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire;
  Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres:
  Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff whoare able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course ofyour employment with us.

• -Bachelor of Dental Surgery or equivalent
• -Current Performers number, VT number or completion of competency Equivalence scheme and therefore eligible for immediate inclusion on to Performer list
• -Appropriate post-graduate qualification to specialist field. Inclusion on Specialist list

• -Good communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
• -Ability to organise self, clinic and respond to time pressures
• -Basic IT skills
• -Ability to use a clinical computer system

• -Experienced in a wide range of general and/or community dentistry
• -Minimum 5 years postgraduate experience
• -Experience in Special Care dentistry and paediatric dentistry in the previous two years
• -Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• -Understanding of clinical governance and audit
• -Experience in provision of care under General Anaesthesia and conscious sedation

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.