Educational Supervisor

Swansea Bay University Health Board have an opportunity to experience on a permanent basis contract the role of Educational Supervisor. We feel this is a good opportunity for any future Educational Role that becomes available.

Post is to commence as soon as possible on a permanent basis. Successful candidate would be expected to deliver 2 sessions / 7.5 hours per week initially on a Monday up until September 2026 and on a Friday thereafter.

The Dental Teaching Unit currently has 4 Foundation Dentists, supported by Educational Supervisors. Both the Foundation Dentists and Supervisors provide dental sessions to patients of the local area and through the 111 in hours access. The Educational Supervisor will support the Foundation Dentist with their clinical work, treatment planning and portfolio.

The purpose of this post is to work collaboratively with both the Health Board and Wales Deanery to improve, facilitate and develop dental health care services in the SBU area, by providing comprehensive general dental services within an NHS environment, providing effective care to patients and training / mentoring to the Foundation Dentist.

The post holder will also be responsible for liaising with the deanery regarding the study day programme, providing direction to the Business Manager, while managing the Foundation Dentists and other dental staff on the training side of the unit in line with patients needs and GDS contract. The post holder will be required to work with the Lead Senior Dentist and the Post‑graduate Deanery to ensure that Dental Foundation Trainees achieve the competencies laid out in the Dental Foundation Trainee curriculum.

The post holder must be available for guidance and training of the Dental Foundation Trainees and other Dental Care Professionals in training in the unit as agreed with the Lead Senior Dentist.

The post holder may be required to set aside a period of one hour each week for a formal in‑practice seminar with each trainee. This must be in the normal practice working hours and be in protected time.

The post holder will co‑operate with the Lead Senior Dentist and Business Manager to provide surgery conditions and facilities to allow the trainees to work at least 28 hours per week when the study day course is running and 35 hours at other times.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting joint working arrangements with the Community Dental Service (CDS) and that trainees receive experience of a multi‑unit, integrated dental environment.

There will be a requirement for the post holder to keep up their CPD in line with General Dental Council regulations.

During the course of their duties, the post‑holder may be asked to attend meetings.

• To manage the activities in the dental suite (training element) and to take responsibility for the overall supervision of clinical processes.
• To co‑operate with the Business Manager over matters which affect the smooth running of the service.
• To support regular clinical staff meetings and any other meetings which are arranged within the training element of the service.
• To provide leadership and assistance to colleagues within the training element of the dental suite, where necessary.
• To liaise with colleagues in the Health Board and Dental Postgraduate Department with specific reference to the dental suite.
• To liaise with General Medical Practitioners, Dental Practitioners and other professionals in order to provide co‑ordinated care for patients. In particular, to work with colleagues in the Community Dental Service and other Health Board integrated services to ensure that patients with special needs are cared for in the most appropriate manner.
• To support the management of referrals of high‑need patients from General Dental Practitioners.
• To work with the Community Dental Service and other Health Board Dental Services based in the Resource Centre to ensure that the dental suite offers an integrated approach to dental care for all groups of patients.
• To work with other services within the Port Talbot Resource Centre to ensure that an integrated approach to health care is an ongoing part of the dental suite's service…