Job overview

To provide routine NHS dental treatment to patients referred to the community Dental services specialties of paediatric and special care dentistry.

Full time or part time applicants considered.

Main duties of the job

• Provide dental care to patient groups within the remit of Salford Community Dental Service and in particular those groups requiring paediatric and special care dentistry.
• Provide domiciliary care and inhalation sedation to patients referred to Salford Community Dental Service.
• Work with senior colleagues to provide care under general anaesthesia in Salford Royal hospital.
• Provide care from a range of premises.
• Responsibility for the working arrangements and standards at the clinic from which clinical services are provided
• The post holder will be expected to maintain the high standards of clinical and professional behaviour required by Salford Community Dental Service.
• Maintenance of own records of your continuing professional education and development.
• Communicate positively and affectively.
• Actively give and receive feedback in a constructive manner.

The post holder is expected to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will be required to communicate and liaise with a range of individuals and groups including, senior managers at Salford Royal Hospital of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA), medical and dental consultants, primary care practitioners, other health and social professional team members, patients, and their families/ carers and the public.

Working for our organisation

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. 

Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. 

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. 

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.