Job summary
- Main area
- School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
- Grade
- Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 0.4 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 820-6269661-DEN
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Dental Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Dentist School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
Specialty Doctor
Job overview
The Specialty Dentist will teach, supervise and assess undergraduate students in the Birmingham School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT), and provide pastoral support and care to ensure student welfare
Main duties of the job
Supervision of the pre-clinical and clinical activity of the student Dental Hygienists and Therapists within Birmingham Dental Hospital and in Outreach clinics in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, to ensure treatment protocols, and policies and procedures of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, are followed
Working for our organisation
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Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (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, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation 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 better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be responsible for the delegation of appropriate clinical tasks to students
- Supervising the assessment and treatment of patients referred to BSDHT
- Preparing and delivery of teaching, lectures and tutorial support to students in line with the outcomes required by the General Dental Council
- Demonstration of operative techniques in the Clinical Skills Suite during the pre-clinical course including basic clinical and instrumentation skills for treatment of adults and children
- Compilation, standard setting and marking of written and practical assessments, in conjunction with other teaching staff of the School
- Participating in the formative and summative assessments of the students by acting as Internal Examiner when required. To attend examination board meetings as required
- Involvement with student welfare and support in conjunction with other staff of the school and the University of Birmingham
- To undertake the management of acute problems for patients whilst under student care and to undertake treatments which are outside the skill and competence of students, which are necessary for the welfare and comfort of the patient
- Supervision of student Dental Hygienists and Therapists during placements in other establishments on the occasions this may be required
- Monitoring the care of equipment and instruments and ensuring adequate cross infection control and standards of professional conduct
- Participation in Audit, Clinical Governance, Continued Professional Development and research
- Acting and reporting on any physical or mental health issue arising in a student which may compromise the welfare of patients
- Acting and reporting on any fitness to practise issue which may compromise the welfare of patients
- To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BDS/BChD
- Current GDC registration
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
- Postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant postgraduate experience to role
- Current clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate students
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Willingness to learn new skills
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
- Beverley Bishop
- Job title
- Head of School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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