Head Of Policy And Clinical Standards

9 month fixed-term contract

Part-time, 3 or 4 days per week

Hybrid role – 1 day a week at one of our Bupa sites (Bristol, London, Staines, Brighton, Leeds or Manchester)

As Head of Policy and Clinical Standards, you’ll play a key role in shaping clinical policy, standards and safety across Bupa Dental Care, helping us deliver high-quality care and protect our patients.

You’ll provide expert clinical guidance, oversee policy governance across the business and advise on complex clinical and medicolegal matters. As part of the Dental Senior Leadership Team, you’ll also influence wider business priorities and represent Bupa Dental Care with key external stakeholders.

• Lead the policy governance framework across Bupa Dental Care, ensuring clinical and non-clinical policies have clear ownership, appropriate governance and are effectively embedded across the business.
• Own and continually develop our clinical policies and standards, providing expert guidance on best practice, clinical safety and emerging issues.
• Provide senior oversight of clinical concerns, complex complaints, litigation and professional referrals, ensuring risks are identified and managed appropriately.
• Build strong relationships with key professional bodies, regulators and indemnity providers, representing Bupa Dental Care and contributing expert input to relevant consultations.
• Act as a senior clinical subject matter expert, providing advice across areas including dental claims, marketing, policy and wider business decisions.
• As Clinical Safety Officer, oversee clinical risk management for health-related IT systems, helping ensure they are safe and robust.
• Provide leadership and direction to your team, while contributing your expertise to wider strategic priorities and change initiatives across the business.

• A registered dental professional with significant clinical experience, ideally as a dentist, and a strong understanding of clinical practice and the wider dental profession.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the dental regulatory environment, with experience building relationships with professional and regulatory bodies such as the GDC and BDA.
• Experience owning, developing and advising on clinical policies and standards.
• Experience supporting complex clinical concerns or complaints, with an understanding of dental indemnity and medicolegal matters.
• Confidence operating at a senior level, providing expert advice to senior leadership and Boards.
• Experience preparing expert reports and/or acting as an expert witness.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with experience working with professional associations, regulators and indemnity providers.

The benefits here are industry-leading, and we’ll be able to tell you more about them in the process (or jump to the on our careers site for a flavour). But here’s a snapshot:

• 25 days holiday
• Discounts in over 7,000 retailers, discounted gym membership and discounted dental insurance (of course).
• Access to remote GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, and mental health support.
• Early access to your earned wages through Wagestream.
• Cycle to work scheme
• And many more, just ask…

If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business, with lots of support on offer, great benefits and friendly teams, we would love to hear from you!

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Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.

• Shop discounts (over 700 stores)
• Health and wellbeing discounts
• Cycle to work
• Access to free courses
• Employee referral scheme
• And many more!