Dental Officer in paediatrics and special care dentistry

Job overview

Based at Aylesham Health Centre, you will provide high-quality dental care for children and adults with additional physical, medical, behavioural, or mental health needs across a variety of community settings. The role includes delivering Tier 2 dental care, supporting patients requiring sedation or general anaesthesia, and providing treatment in clinics, prisons, mobile dental units, and patients’ homes when required.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for promoting excellent oral health outcomes, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and infection prevention standards, and contributing to service development, audit, and quality improvement activities.

Main duties of the job

• To provide tier 2 level dental care for paediatric and special care patients who have been referred into the service and remote triaging for dental patients in pain and patients on the waiting list as directed by the clinical director.
• To provide dental treatment under inhalation sedation (intravenous sedation if required by service need) and general anaesthetic
• To provide dental treatment at HMP prison sites, mobile dental units and domiciliary care as required by service need
• Involve patients in their care and treatment. Offer information, support and motivation to patients regarding oral health, diet and smoking
• To work with other healthcare professionals and stakeholders to provide a seamless care package for KCHFT dental patients
• Monitor the application of clinical governance practice including dental nurse standards, infection control and cross infection
• Participate in audits as directed by senior management or the Kent and London Quality Group (DCQG)
• Comply with Dental Practice Inspections as organised through the Area teams, and ensure delivery of all CQC outcomes for patient care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.