Civilian Dental Practitioner

Job summary

Here atDefence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicatedorganisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

Are youlooking for a captivating role working alongside the military, a role thatoffers great benefits and opportunities for furthering your own career developmentas well as being part of an excellent team

We have a greatopportunity for an enthusiastic, committed, and professional Civilian DentalPractitioner (CDP) to join our Primary Health Care team here at dental centre Larkhill, The Packway, Salisbury, SP4 8QY. You may be required to travel to other local dental centres if required.

This role isa fixed-term appointment until 31st March 2025 (with possible extension until 13th January 2026), offering 37 hours per week, however, requests to work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business needs. The salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken.

Benefits

General Dental Council (GDC) Annual Fees are currently reimbursed Paid Annual Leave (Pro Rata for part time) A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity On-Call Allowance Access to pension scheme Regional training days/Peer Review Days with free transport Continuous professional development (CPD) training supplied Discounted fee to access fitness facilities Free laundry of clinical wear & Free Clinical footwear We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave Free Parking

Main duties of the job

A CDP isresponsible for providing clinical outputs, improving, and managing the dentalhealth and operational fitness of service personnel.

Within yourcontracted 37 weekly hours, 2 hours may be attributed to nonclinical activitiesincluding practice meetings, training, and personal administration.

Overall, youraim is to maximise the deployability of the Population at Risk for whom you areresponsible.

About us

Our successdepends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civilservants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly todeliver for us.

Our civilservants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, makingpolicy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. Infact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around theworld, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, mostexciting departments in government.

The Ministryof Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the fullrange of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. Weoffer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full payfollowed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, andpaternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return,you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognisesyour expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you'veever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles inmore professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your futurewill take you, together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties andresponsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

Inspectingall personnel for whom they are responsible at intervals in line with theNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and providing followup treatment as required. Workcollaboratively with professional colleagues and in the best interest ofpatients. Ensuringthat surgery management, documentation including consumable stores, the safe custody of personal sensitive data and the maintenance of equipment is alwayskept to a high standard. Onwardreferral of personnel to enhanced practitioners, specialists, or consultantsfor treatment as appropriate

Please payparticular attention to the attached job description/Terms of Reference andperson specification prior to applying ,which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

Selection Process Details:

Thisvacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and the selection at sift stagewill be based on your CV application, once copied and pasted onto yourapplication. Ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills,knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in the CV section of theapplication form.

Show thesift team why YOU are the one to hire Remember - make sure no personaldetails are included.

Atinterview, you will be evaluated against the following Behaviours:

Changingand improving Communicatingand influencing DevelopingSelf and Others Managinga Quality Service Deliveringat Pace

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closingdate. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Please copyand paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on advice preparingyour best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-basedquestions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situationsfrom work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviourrequested and how to use your 250-word limit:

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

To beeligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and membershipsdetailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Additional Information:

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Civilian Dental Practitioner in theLarkhill Dental Centre. Your responsibilities will be as described in this jobadvert. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end on 31/03/2025 . You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MODcomes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.

If you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for anadvertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under aTemporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 3 years). At the end of the postingyou will return to your previous MoD Business area. If this posting is at ahigher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to yoursubstantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfercannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract ispossible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for furtherinformation.

If you are transferring to MoDfrom another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inwardloan. At the end of the loan you will return to your home (OGD) department. Ifa loan cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contractis possible, read the FTA policy for further information.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the CivilService will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwiseadvised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates mustmeet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level ofsecurity needed is a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS).

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours areundertaken.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformedpersonnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patientswhen based at home.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients and serviceusers. In line with the NHS England approach, MOD is in the process of makingfull vaccination a condition of deployment for its healthcare workers employedacross the UK. To comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to havethe COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination status during therecruitment process. Please see the attached further information document forfull details.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares,or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for thefull package, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came intoeffect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorshipfor a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has beendeemed to be business critical.

This role currently being advertised has not been assessed as businesscritical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who willrequire sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for thisrole and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected,and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality ofopportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates withdisabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veteransinitiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for Veterans Scheme:Office forVeterans Affairs | Civil Service Careers (

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Person Specification

Registration Details

Essential

Please provide your membership number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a membership registration number.

Qualifications

Essential

Have undertaken Foundation Dentist Training, certified completion of Dental Foundation training in the UK (or qualified before foundation training became compulsory in the National Health Service). Or. Have Experience of at least 24 months post-graduate current clinical experience in a primary dental care setting )either in the United Kingdom or abroad) to be able to practise independently.

Essential

Please copy and paste your CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Please use double spacing where possible.

Experience

Essential

To ensure patient safety, applicants are required to have maintained evidence of clinical currency, specifically, a minimum of 2 clinical sessions per week over the last 15 months.

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