Berkshire Community Dental Service (CDS) is looking for a dental officer to cover Maternity leave for 6 months and join their proactive, enthusiastic, and innovative workforce with a great team spirit .
The service has 7 clinics ranging from Newbury to Langley and over 4 0 members of staff treating patients with additional needs including children, people with learning and physical disabilities and the elderly. You will be based at Whitley C linic and in the domiciliary setting. It is therefore essential that you can drive, have a UK driving licence and a car for travel between clinics and hospitals . You may be required to travel to our other clinics on occasion.
You will be on the rota for the Berkshire Dental Access Centre scheme and provide primary dental care for patients not registered or unable to receive emergency care with a General Dental Practitioner under NHS arrangements. This service is provided both on weekdays, weekends and bank holidays .
You will provide clinical care to people with additional or special care needs such as:
People with Learning Disabilities
Medically compromised and physically disabled adults
Frail Older People
Adults with severe mental health problems
Adults with challenging behaviour, anxiety or dental phobia
You m ay treat patients under s edation and general anesthetic.
Y ou will be responsible for some areas of clinical governance, training, management and supervision.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

GDC R egistration .
Have a car and driving licence.
Good communication skills .
A team player .
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Shalini Chopra on 0 7813 393177 .
who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible