Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Dentistry - Community Dental Services
- Grade
- Salaried Dentist - B
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Standard hours 8.45am-5.00pm - working between 8 am and 8 pm may be required.)
- Job ref
- 820-7232515-DEN
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre
- Town
- Dudley
- Salary
- £78,573 - £91,903 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band B Senior Dental Officer in Paediatric Dentistry
Salaried Dentist - B
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious individual with significant experience in paediatric dentistry to join the Paediatric Dentistry Team in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The role will be based in the Dudley locality but the candidate will need to be able to move to locations across BCHC sites to deliver patient care when necessary.
This is a Consultant lead specialist service providing high quality dentistry to anxious children and children with special needs, in multiple sites across Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley. The service also provides mobile dental services at selected schools. General anaesthetic care is provided at Walsall Manor and Sandwell General Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The main job role is to provide senior support based in Dudley providing specialised dental care for children who fulfil the acceptance criteria for community paediatric dentistry. Alongside this the senior dental officer is expected to work with the other senior dental officers taking a lead role in areas such as the dental mobile, line management and the development of staff, undergraduate dental student and therapy teaching, clinical governance, audit and dental sedation and the general anaesthetic service.
Working for our organisation
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BDS or equivalent
- Vocational training or equivalent if non UK graduate
- Eligibility for inclusion on NHS Dental Performer List
- Evidence of relevant CPD being undertaken regularly
- Possession of a registrable postgraduate qualification
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate certificate in medical education or paediatric dentistry
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience in providing treatment to children under inhalation sedation
- Substantial experience in treatment of children with complex needs
- Experience in teaching and training dentists and DCPs
Desirable criteria
- Experience in providing treatment under IV sedation and general anaesthetic.
- Evidence of leadership, service development and project management
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- High quality clinical skills in paediatric dentistry
- Ability to make clinical decisions appropriate to experience and qualifications
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Excellent organisational skills
- Evidence of ability to engage with a team and achieve effective teamwork
- Ability to prioritise tasks, delegate effectively and manage own time
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- IT skills, computer literate in a Windows environment and willingness to learn new software
- Ability to empathise with the needs of students and provide effective feedback
Desirable criteria
- In depth knowledge of NHS dental services
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to be independently mobile across the BCHC area
- Ability to remain calm and work under pressure
- Adaptable, flexible and able to work at different sites as required
- Ability to maintain and foster good working relationships with colleagues
- Full car driving licence with business use
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Nabeel Ilyas
- Job title
- Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07753 316283
- Additional information
Or contact Team PA - Claire Webb - [email protected]
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