Job summary
- Main area
- Community Dental
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried Dentist - A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 040-DPA02
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 19 Hills Health and Wellbeing Centre
- Town
- Ringland
- Salary
- £52,821 - £79,232 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Dentist - Band A
NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried Dentist - A
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
Job overview
Enthusiastic and caring dentists required to work as part of a team in Gwent.
The post will provide an interesting and challenging role for an established, experienced dental practitioner who will be joining a committed and motivated community dental service. The post holder will carry out oral healthcare to vulnerable children and adults requiring special care dentistry. Supervision of undergraduate dental students is also required.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) Community Dental Service (CDS) offers support for professional and personal development and training opportunities to succeed in the above roles. The service is able to provide accredited in house sedation training as well as in more specialist areas such as Special Care and Paediatric Dentistry. We would welcome applications from enthusiastic and self-motivated team players with the presence and credibility to generate commitment and support from other members of the team, and who are able to demonstrate good clinical and communication skills.
There is Dental Therapist support available.
Main duties of the job
To undertake the full range of preventative and clinical oral care expected of a Community Dentist treating children and vulnerable adults in fixed and mobile dental units, care homes and hospital care across (ABUHB) area. Duties also include supervision of undergraduate dental students.
To provide dental care in sites where appropriate for children and vulnerable adults including domiciliary care, alongside other clinical staff as required.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached JD and person specification in TRAC.
This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer
Enhanced check with barred list information including an adults and children’s barred list check.
Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold a full registration and a licence to practice with the GDC.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GDC Registration
- BDS
- Foundation 1 (DF1) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Further postgraduate qualifications i.e. MJDF
- Dental core training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad based experience in NHS primary and community dental care
- Participation in CPD and Personal Develop Planning as per GDC standards
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS Conscious Sedation
Research
Essential criteria
- Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of inclusion with research projects with publication
Quality and patient safety
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in Quality and Patient Safety activities, that includes audit, Peer Review, Reflective Learning etc.
Desirable criteria
- Initiation of quality improvement projects and measured outcomes
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Billot
- Job title
- Dental Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920138722
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