Specialised Oral Health Improvement Practitioner

3 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT Full time

Job summary

The Oral Health Improvement Service is a commissioned service within the Dental Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The purpose of the Oral Health Improvement Team is to deliver evidence based, oral health interventions to reduce the inequalities in oral health, working across organisational boundaries within Birmingham and Solihull ICS.

If you have experience of managing oral health improvement programmes and would like the opportunity to share your expertise and manage others within the oral health improvement team to support communities to improve oral health outcomes, then joining this new team might be the job for you.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to manage a team of oral health improvement practitioners while supporting the delivery of oral health improvement interventions to include, workforce development training, supervised toothbrushing programmes, Mouth Care Matters programmes, management of targeted toothbrushing resources and other evidence based interventions and evaluation across Birmingham.

About us

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detailed information.

If you would like additional information, please email the Oral Health Improvement Lead, Julie Smith or the Service Lead, Kate Cullotty

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Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

A degree or equivalent in health or social care in a subject relevant to public health or equivalent specialised experience in this field. An appropriate clinical qualification in Oral Health Improvement. (post certification level and above) Certificate in education and training General Dental Council registration.

Experience

Essential

Experience of developing, delivering and managing oral health improvement projects across organisational boundaries. Experience of leading a health improvement project or team. Experience of working with clients with complex needs.

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

Skilled in delivering oral health improvement programmes and sharing information with a range of clinical and non clinical stakeholders both internally and externally of BCHCFT. Ability to work to tight and often challenging timescales Good written and verbal communication skills Skilled in the use of a range of IT applications to collate information, monitor data and create reports. Understanding of good practice in project management. Knowledge of best practice and evidence of effectiveness in oral health improvement. Understanding of informed persuasion, health improvement principles and motivational change to influence others. Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and solve problems in relation to project and service delivery. Ability to maintain and update professional competency

Personal Qualities

Essential

A strong commitment to a social model of health for reducing oral health inequalities. Ability to motivate and influence others. Good team working skills, highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic. Demonstrate honesty, integrity and tolerance. Ability to reflect on performance and identify areas for improvement.

Other Job Requirements

Essential

Ability to manage conflict in a sensitive and assertive manner when seeking to change behaviour and practice. Concentration required when evaluating interventions, undertaking audits, writing briefings or reports Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the role Car owner / driver essential for use on a daily basis. Travel may be required in all localities within BCHCFT and other areas.

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