Dental Therapist

**Role Title: Dental Therapist**

**Reports to: Andrew Ridout**

**Version: V1.0**

**Date: July 2023**

**Job Summary**:
The post holder will be an integral part of our practice development. Using their full scope of practice, you will work in our Private Truro Dental Practice to design and help deliver services which provide high quality care for our patients, including those at most risk from dental disease.

**Accountabilities**:
As an employee you must take personal responsibility for understanding and complying with Oak House Dental Practice standards and any other Standards of Professional Conduct of any government, regulatory organisation, licensing agency, or professional association governing your professional activities.

**Employee Handbook**:
The expectations of the organisation are outlined in the employee handbook and you are expected to familiarise yourself with those expectations.

**Key accountabilities**:
**Providing clinical dental treatment for children and adults, as described in the Dental Therapist scope of practice, both on prescription from the dentist and via direct-access, therapy led sessions**

**Undertaking examinations, diagnosing within scope and prescribing, acquiring and reporting on radiographs as appropriate**

**Actively engaging and participating in audit activities, planning and development sessions, and in-house meetings etc**

**Being responsible for safe working and practice on a day-to-day basis in sites of clinical activity, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and legislation, appropriate health, safety and security procedures within the work area, and report accidents, incidents and near misses using the Oak House Dental Practice incident reporting procedure**

**Participating in appropriate practice dental and oral health promotion activities**

**Undertaking other reasonable duties as requested by Andrew Ridout**

**Maintaining and developing your clinical competency and continuing professional/personal development according to agreed training needs**

**Working alongside clinical and professional support colleagues in service improvement and facilitating ongoing organisational change and development**

**Working in our Truro Dental Practice**

**On occasions you may be required to visit and work from other locations in Cornwall where you would need to integrate as part of the local team**

**Other**:
This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and their manager.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 27 per week

**Salary**: From £40.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Truro: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Dental Therapist: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- GDC Registration (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Dental Therapist 2023