Mod Dentist

Are you looking to work in a modern, patient-focused dental practice that prioritises quality care and professional development? At Defence Primary Healthcare, we are intent on providing an excellent service in a friendly and encouraging environment.

When it comes to delivering outstanding patient care, our motivated MOD Dentists make all the difference. We know just how valuable your skills are, so come join the wonderful team at Dental Centre Pirbright and get ready to make a positive impact!

This is a part time role consisting of 18.5 hours per week.

• General Dental Council (GDC) Annual Fees are currently reimbursed
• Paid Annual Leave (pro rata)
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• On-Call Allowance
• Access to Civil Service Pension scheme
• Regional training days/Peer review days
• Continuous professional development (CPD) training supplied
• Discounted fee to access camp fitness facilities
• Free laundry of clinical wear & free clinical footwear
• We offer maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave
• Free parking

The provision of dental care in Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) dental centres, to enhance force generation and operational capability and minimise dental morbidity on operations.

As a MOD Dentist you will be contracted for 18.5 hours per week. One hour per week may be attributed to non-clinical activities including practice meetings, training and personal administration (admin). The remainder of the contracted hours are to be utilised to provide clinical outputs and work directed towards improving and maintaining the dental health and operational fitness of personnel for whom you are responsible.

Where necessary MOD Dentists will adopt a concurrent and team-based approach to ensure efficiency by completing activities such as, but not limited to referrals, lab work management, mandatory/trade specific training.

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants, and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 distinct roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

• Inspecting all personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in line with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing follow up treatment as required.
• Providing an occupational oral health assessment, being fully conversant with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Dental Fitness categorisation and dental input into the Joint Medical Employment Standard for Service personnel.
• Ensuring that contemporaneous notes are recorded on individuals integrated electronic healthcare records for all episodes of care.
• Ensuring that surgery management, documentation…