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Dental Therapist | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 October 2024 |
| Location: | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire,, HP1 1LD |
| Company: | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6654587/812-24-UM-DENS-07 |
Summary
A 12 months fixed term position for a Dental Therapist working in an award winning special care community dental service.
The service is looking for a full time or part time therapist (minimum 30 hours per week) to work at the dental department in Marlowes health and Wellbeing Centre, Hemel Hempstead.
Are you looking for a rewarding post within an outstanding dental team caring for patients of all ages who have special needs?
Are you a dedicated and skilled professional hoping for a position that provides interest, variety and strong support? If so the award winning Hertfordshire Community Trust's Special Care Dental Service may be the organisation for you.
This fixed term post will include both routine and complex dental therapist care . Your patients will include children, young people and adults who require special care due to their possible learning and physical disabilities, mental health problems or medical conditions. You will also treat anxious children age 6 and under. The service prides itself on providing outstanding quality care including treatment under conscious sedation as well as general anaesthetic.
There is also the possibility for some oral public health work supporting pop-up clinics and toothbrushing initiatives within areas of high deprivation.
The post holder will be based at our award winning dental clinic within the Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Centre in Hemel Hempstead. The clinic has excellent sedation facilities and offers consultant led special care dentistry for a variety of special needs children, anxious children and adults.
We prefer a full time position but will consider a part time position with a minimum of 30 hours per week. Please note this is a fixed term position for 12 months.
Hertfordshire Special Care Dental Service was awarded outstanding in their last CQC inspection and with HCT communications team won the NHS elect national award for exemplary patient experience in 2019.
Come and join our warm and friendly team!
You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
• A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
• You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
• We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.
• Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds.
• We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
• You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
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Job description attached
Role involves the provision of oral health care to priority groups including people with learning disabilities, physical
difficulties/disabilities, mental health problems, medically compromised, homeless patients, and any other priority groups agreed with the commissioners.
This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024
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