Dental Therapist - Public Dental Service - LD

The Role

The post holder works as part of a team and provides care to the population throughout Lanarkshire. The post holder will provide a full range of therapist and hygienist services, as outlined in the GDC scope of practice, to a range of patients, both children and adult, and including additional needs, medically complex, anxious/phobic, priority groups such as prisoners and homeless, safety‑net service, in‑patients.

The patients will be referred to the PDS from many sources, and the care will be primarily delivered on prescription from dentists within the PDS.

The post holder will be expected to have involvement in the development and delivery of Oral Health Improvement initiatives, new approaches to patient care and partnership working.

Following appropriate training and calibration, the post holder will be required to carry out detailed and basic National Dental Inspection Programme assessments.

The post holder will be expected to deliver care in a variety of sites, such as, but not exclusively, Prison, Hospitals, satellite clinics, schools, patient’s homes and residences, and other sites deemed appropriate.

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

• Diploma or Degree qualification in Dental Therapy & Hygiene recognised by GDC
• Registration with GDC and record of continued professional development
• Must be willing to undertake any training that may be necessary to carry out the work effectively and efficiently

• Knowledge of oral health strategies both local & national
• Understanding of General Dental Services (GDS) regulations e.g. the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR)
• Knowledge of current guidelines and policies affecting dental practice- e.g. GDC guidelines
• Knowledge of working with a variety of patient groups and dental environments

• Proven ability as an effective communicator through a range of mediums, particularly written and verbal communication.
• Good interpersonal skills including diplomacy and discretion
• Effective team player
• The ability to work both unsupervised and as part of a team
• Self‑motivation, enthusiasm and use of initiative
• The ability to prioritise one’s own workload
• Concern for, and understanding of, people and their rights
• An adherence of both confidentiality issues and health, safety and environment issues in the workplace
• Full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence — Provisional Licence not accepted

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

• Working within the Public Dental Service
• Working with computerised clinical & practice management software, experience of CS R4 Clinical+
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Outlook)

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

This role will be based in Public Dental Service within Coathill Hospital

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Ingrid Jauhar
, at Ingrid.

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