Oral Health Improvement Practitioner

at  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

The post holder will work within the UHB policies and procedures to provide comprehensive oral health promotion training for a range of education and healthcare professionals and community groups and individuals across Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.
To contribute to and advise on the development and implementation of oral/public health improvement programmes and support structures.
To apply fluoride varnish in non-clinical settings. The role will include working autonomously to deliver the WHC (2017) Number 23 Refocusing of the Designed to Smile child oral health improvement programme.

The post holder will be expected to collect data, evaluations and Oral Health outcomes.

• To be aware of National and Local oral health improvement programmes and resources to address inequalities in oral health.
• To support and deliver ‘Designed to Smile’ Oral Health Improvement Programme in schools and pre-school settings in line with WHC (2017) Number 23 Refocusing of the Designed to Smile child oral health improvement programme.
• To plan and deliver oral health training sessions for multi-agency groups, health and educational professionals. To liaise with external agencies and local authorities.
• To provide in depth/specialist knowledge and advice of oral and public health information to health/education professionals through various forms of teaching, training, assessment and evaluation which contributes to the patient/client care some of which may have learning disabilities, autism and physical disabilities. To be aware of cultural and language differences.
• To work within Welsh Government frameworks regarding oral health, nutritional and educational guidelines, policies and initiatives.
• To participate in regular reviews with your manager and to identify training and development needs and to complete mandatory training as required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

WE LIVE BY OUR CORE VALUES:

We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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