Band 7 Dental Staff Hygienist

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Main area Restorative Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent:
Wednesday only Hours Part time - 7.5 hours per week (Wednesday only) Job  
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Site Birmingham Dental Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

To provide specialist clinical care and preventative treatment without direct supervision to patients attending the specialist Dental Hospital services for secondary or tertiary care. To carry out dental treatment on these patients to a level of competence as directed by the Dental Act and its amendments.

Main contact is with hospital staff and patients. Patient groups as a priority are adults and children with special needs, including medically compromised patients, anxious patients and patients with challenging behaviour.

• Carrying out the full range of treatments currently permitted under the General Dental Council regulations.
• Specific duties may only be undertaken if trained and competent to do so.
• Treatment may be carried out within hospital dental departments and wards or by domiciliary treatment visits, if necessary

Treatment is provided following a prescribed course of treatment as directed by a registered dentist. Any combination of the following duties may be performed on a daily basis.

Permitted duties of the Dental Hygienist:

Education of patients on the causes and prevention of periodontal diseases and dental caries.

Identification of risk factors for the dental diseases, including medical and social risk factors and the provision of appropriate counselling advice, including:

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Medical history

• Diet analysis and nutritional guidance
• Advice in the use of fluoride agents
• The benefits of smoking cessation and accessing cessation service

Motivate patients to maintain a high standard of oral hygiene.

Monitor patients’ progress using appropriate indices:

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• Bleeding and plaque indices
• Detailed pocket charting
• Mobility index
• Furcation index

Perform supra- and subgingival scaling of teeth including polishing, allowing removal of hard and soft deposits and stains.

The provision of comprehensive specialist periodontal invasive root debridement therapy using Gracey area curettes and high-speed ultrasonic device.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

General Duties

• To be fully conversant with basic first aid and resuscitation techniques, attending regular training.
• Comply with local rules relating to radiography, IRMER and the Dental Radiographic Quality Assurance Audit Policy.
• Comply with the departmental and Trust policy on the control of infection.
• Assess new instruments in terms of performance and feedback evaluations.
• Adhere to Trust policy on Manual…