Specialist in Special Care Dentistry

3 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Berkshire Community Dental Service (CDS) is looking for a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry to join their proactive, enthusiastic and innovative workforce with a great team spirit. You will be providing care to people with additional needs using conscious sedation and general anaesthesia as an adjunct to their care. Also be advising colleagues and leading on some aspects of the service.

You will be an experienced dentist on the specialist register and have established leadership skills; excellent communication and liaison skills to engage and collaborate with a number of colleagues and stakeholders both internal and external.

The service has 7 clinics ranging from Newbury to Langley and over 45 members of staff treating patients with additional needs including children, people with learning and physical disabilities and the elderly. Base is at Whitley clinic but you may also work at other clinics and in the domiciliary setting. It is therefore essential that you can drive, have a UK driving licence and a car for travel between clinics and hospitals.

You will be on the rota for the Berkshire Dental Access Centre scheme and provide primary dental care for patients not registered or unable to receive emergency care with a General Dental Practitioner under NHS arrangements. This service is provided both on weekdays, weekends and bank holidays.

Post is 37.5 hours per week - Monday - Friday. Part-time hours may be considered.

Interviews to be held 9th May 2023
- You will provide specialist clinical care to people with additional or special care needs such as:

- People with Learning Disabilities
- Medically compromised and physically disabled adults
- Frail Older People
- Adults with severe mental health problems
- Adults with challenging behaviour, anxiety or dental phobia
- Adults in secure units and prisons
- You will treat patients under sedation and general anaesthetic
- You will support and advise colleagues and be involved in the
- You will be responsible for some areas of clinical governance, training, management and supervision.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

**These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare**:

- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

**Benefits of working for us include**:

- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
- Generous NHS pension scheme - 20.68% employer contribution
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- Advanced IT enablement
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:  
1. GDC registration
2. Be on the specialist register for Special Care Dentistry
3. Have a car and driving licence
4. Good communication skills
5. A team player

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.



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