Community Dental Officer

at  Wye Valley NHS Trust

The community dental service in Wye Valley NHS Trust is a commissioned service comprising of 5 clinics; 2 clinics in Hereford city, 1 in Leominster, 1 in Ross-on-Wye Community Hospital and 1 in Ledbury Community Hospital.
The service provides a high standard of oral health care to a wide range of patient groups including children and adults with specific needs.
These specific needs may include patients with complex medical and dental requirements; anxiety management and/or treatment under sedation and patients with urgent dental needs who are unable to access dental care in the General Dental Services.
Applicants for the Community Dental Officers post will be flexible, motivated and patient focused. They must possess full GDC registration and hold a Performer number; have evidence in a portfolio of up to date continuous professional development; be able to demonstrate leadership skills and relevant clinical experience; and have excellent communication skills with an understanding of and ability to be sensitive to the needs of relevant patient groups.
You must be able to travel across Herefordshire in the delivery of dental care.
2 x Community Dentists – Band A based Herefordshire dental access centres.
Part time hours will be considered
We welcome all applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

For more information please contact Sarah Bailey Sarah.Bailey@wvt.nhs.uk

• To provide high quality treatment planning, preventative and urgent/routine NHS dental care treatment services for a wide range of patients, including children and adults with additional needs or with special dental requirements in accordance with NHS Regulations and provider requirements. Flexible patient centred approach to treatment planning and service provision
• Manage the day to day activities of the dental surgery in conjunction with the other members of the team. Maintaining proper standards appropriate to a clinical area, including control of infection procedures and the efficient and effective use of resources.
• Provision of urgent dental care for patients who cannot access NHS dental care
• To accept referrals from our General Dental Service colleagues and provide a service which is complementary to other primary care providers.
• prescribe appropriate items of dental care for delivery by other members of the dental team ensuring the most appropriate use of the available skill mix.
• To ensure all treatment plans and care are explained fully to patients and that patient records are correctly noted.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
For further details on the job duties and responsibilities please do see the attached job description

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