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Job overview

We are currently looking for a driver to support the dental services in North East London which includes the dental outreach services we provide in London and Kent on occasion. The London boroughs covered are Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Havering and Barking & Dagenham.

Please note the salary will include an additional high cost of living area payment of 15%.

You will be working mainly with the outreach and oral health promotion teams supporting the delivery of community based clinical services and intervention programmes. You will be expected to drive various vehicles and maintain the vehicles you use. You will require a license that allows you to drive a vehicle up to 7.5 tonnes.

KCHFT Dental Services are a high profile, dynamic provider of NHS dental services across East Kent and London. Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. Every person that works for our Service, regardless of their role, comes into contact with our patients and visitors and so is expected to uphold our values, lead and collaborate through partnership working and strive for excellence at all times.

Main duties of the job

This post has two primary functions:-

1. To drive the dental mobile unit to any required location to facilitate the delivery of patient services and/or oral health promotion events, ensuring the vehicle and internal dental suite are in a state of preparedness to safely and appropriately deliver community dental services.

2. Where Service needs demand, to drive a lease vehicle (car) to support the delivery of oral health promotion outreach projects.

You'll need to be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service and this may involve minor variations to working patterns

 

Additional Working Pattern: 7.5hrs, Monday - Friday

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

 

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship.  Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.