Dental Officer

Job overview

We are seeking a committed and compassionate Dental Officer to join our Community NHS Trust team, providing high-quality dental care within secure environments.

You will deliver dental services  based at HMP Rochester and HMP  Swaleside, Sheerness but you may at times need to attend other sites, caring for patients detained in His Majesty’s Prison establishments. This role offers variety, professional challenge, and the opportunity to work with a dedicated multidisciplinary team in a highly supportive setting.

Main duties of the job

We’re looking for someone with:

• Full GDC registration
• Strong clinical skills and a calm, compassionate approach
• A commitment to tackling health inequalities

You will provide:

• Tier 2 level dental care for paediatric and special care patients who  have been referred into the service
• Dental treatment under inhalation sedation (and intravenous  sedation if required by service need)
• Involve patients in their care and treatment. Offer information, support and motivation to patients regarding oral health, diet and smoking

If you are looking for something fulfilling where you can make a real contribution to the lives of your patients, we would love to hear from you

Additional Working Pattern: 08.30 - 17.00 Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri

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. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able 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 [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.