Senior Dental Officer - Maternity Leave Cover | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Mai 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £78,573 - £91,903 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Chichester, PO19 6SE |
| Cwmni: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7238502/150-MM1742-PC-A |
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Do you want to make a difference?
If you are well organised, able to prioritise and work on your own initiative without direct supervision, but also enjoys working as part of a team to provide excellent patient care, then we look forward to hearing from you.
We are inviting applications from dentists with a keen interest in Special Care Dentistry to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team. This fixed-term position, offered as maternity cover for one year, involves providing comprehensive dental care to both adults and children with additional needs.
The Special Care Dental Service is part of a countywide service providing NHS Dental treatment to patients on referral, operating Mondays to Fridays, 08:30am to 4:30pm.
The post is based at St. Richard’s Hospital, Chichester and includes delivery of domiciliary care. Full GDC registration and immediate eligibility for a performer number are essential.
Successful applicants will be invited for interview.
• Treating patients as individuals, showing them concern and respect and providing them or their carers (where appropriate) with clear information about their treatment, participating in epidemiological surveys as required.
• Screening client groups as required.
• Domiciliary visits.
• Referring patients to other dental professionals as appropriate.
• Supporting senior colleagues with the treatment of patients under general anaesthetic
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
a) Being responsible of the day-to-day leadership and management of a dental clinic including supervising other staff, resolving local complaints and ensuring all relevant policies and procedures are adhered to.
b) Managing, with the senior management team, any concerns about health and safety, patient care and the performance of team members.
c) Meet the agreed targets for activity to allow the dental service to achieve its contractual targets
d) Maximise both individual and clinic activity and ensure the most effective use of resources through efficient management of time and the appointment system
e) Provide professional and operational leadership to dental officers, dental therapists, dental nurses and the administration team at clinic level
f) Provide clinical supervision and management of dental officers and dental therapists.
g) Lead on delivery of care under general anaesthetic
h) Provide clinical leadership and support dental officers in the delivery of
domiciliary care
i) Lead on safeguarding concerns
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the role.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Jun 2025