Locum Dental Officer

Job overview

Oxfordshire Community Dental Service is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Dental Officer.

The post holder will be required to provide comprehensive routine and urgent dental care to adult special care and paediatric patients in a variety of locations including dental clinics, hospitals, residential care, mental health units, homeless and domiciliary settings as required.

They will provide dental treatment using a variety of treatment modalities including local anaesthetic, sedation and general anaesthetic.

This posts will be based in across Oxfordshire and the successful candidate will be expected to have;

• excellent clinical skills
• strong communication and inter-personal skills
• the ability to coordinate and carry out tasks
• comprehensive IT skills (experience using Microsoft Publisher, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Word).

Main duties of the job

Dental services in Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust are provided by the Oxfordshire Community Dental Service (OCDS). This service provides National Health Service (NHS) dentistry to a wide range of patients including both adults and children requiring either special care dentistry, or specialist care. In addition to this core role the service also provides emergency care for patients requiring urgent dental treatment who do not currently have a dentist of their own.

The service provides care for patients from ten dental clinics across Oxfordshire located at Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot, East Oxford, Luther Street, Kidlington, Wallingford, Wantage and Witney.

Several of the clinics are equipped to provide dental treatment with inhalation and/or intravenous sedation and the service also provides dental treatment under general anaesthesia for children and adult special care patients at the John Radcliffe and Horton Hospitals.

For patients who are unable to access the clinics easily there is a countywide domiciliary (home visit) service available by referral. All the clinics have wheelchair access and facilities for patients with disabilities and there is a hoist available at East Oxford Dental Clinic for patients who have difficulty transferring into the dental chair.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To be an integral member of the Oxfordshire Community Dental Service.
• To provide high quality treatment planning, preventive and urgent/routine NHS dental care treatment services for adult special care and paediatric patients.
• Manage the day to day activities of the dental surgery in conjunction with the other members of the team
• Supervise and delegate appropriate tasks to the Dental Care Professionals in accordance with current General Dental Council regulations where applicable.
• Ensure records are completed accurately and contemporaneously and provide statistical and other information to the Business Services Authority and Trust directors and commissioners as required.
• Liaise with colleagues in hospitals, primary care and local authorities to ensure and improve the quality of patient care.
• Undertake necessary training and development to comply with national, professional and Trust requirements and participate in regular appraisal with the Line Manager.
• Take part in all aspects of clinical governance including GDC lifelong learning, clinical audit, peer review, quality improvement and clinical supervision.
• To take part in epidemiological surveys/screening/health promotion activities as required.
• To work flexibly in locations as required by the service, including primary and secondary care locations, nursing/residential homes etc.
• Be responsible for data collection and reports as required for the Community Dental Service.
• To maintain professional knowledge, skills and awareness of current developments within dentistry.
• To be aware of and apply relevant Trust and Directorate policies and procedures.
• To adapt flexibly to changes which occur in the service provided and assist in implementing such changes, as agreed with the commissioners.
• To actively participate in an annual performance review (appraisal) and the development and implementation of a personal development plan.
• To take responsibility for own professional development ensuring professional standards are maintained and statutory and mandatory training is in date.
• To attend any training as requested.
• Other such duties as may be delegated.