Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry

Working with our Paediatric Dentistry team, you'll provide specialist care that supports children and their families to achieve the best possible oral health outcomes. Your work will help children with complex needs feel safe, understood and well cared for.

You'll join a friendly, supportive service where clinical leadership, collaboration and high quality care are central to how we work. You'll use your specialist skills to assess and treat children referred to the Community Dental Service, while helping shape safe, evidence based practice across the team.

What you'll do:

• Provide specialist paediatric dental assessments and treatment for children with diverse and complex needs
• Offer clinical advice and support to colleagues and contribute to service development
• Lead and support clinical governance activity, including audits and quality improvement
• Communicate clearly with children, families and professionals in sensitive situations
• Ensure safe, high quality clinical records and uphold professional standards at all times

Main duties of the job

What we're looking for:

• Registration with the General Dental Council and on the Specialist List for Paediatric Dentistry
• Experience treating children with additional needs or complex medical histories
• Confidence managing conscious sedation within competencies
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team
• A commitment to ethical practice, learning and supporting others' development

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value people who share our commitment to fairness, respect and inclusive care for the communities we serve.

Working for our organisation

At CHCP, we're passionate about people, we recognise that high quality care is delivered by high quality professionals who are appreciated, respected, and supported, which is why we want to give all our colleagues the chance to shine.

Work with us and you'll be more than just a number. Our people are our shareholders, and their thoughts and opinions are always heard;at CHCP you have a real voice.

Compassion is at the heart of our business; our colleagues work together to deliver first class healthcareto thousands of people. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that's why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we'll support you to thrive.

• CHCP CIC employees have access to an excellent range of benefits; for further information, please click on the 'CHCP Perks and Rewards' link.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for full details on the role.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GDC
• Must be on a Performer List
• Current registration on the GDC Specialist List in Paediatric Dentistry
• Dental Postgraduate qualification related to Paediatric Dentistry

Knowledge

• Knowledge and use of evidence-informed practice and guidelines in Paediatric Dentistry
• Management of children with special needs
• Knowledge of regulations and legislation pertaining to dentistry
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and financial awareness
• Knowledge of Carestream R4 system

Experience

• Wide range of clinical experience
• Demonstrable experience of treating children with special needs
• Previous experience of working in Community Dental Services
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Experience of planning and delivering education and supervision
• Experience of treating patients with conscious sedation
• Experience of leading and managing in relation to governance in Paediatric Dentistry

City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC)is an independent, co owned Community Interest Company providing high quality local health and care services at several sites across Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Knowsley and St Helens.

Commissioned by the NHS and local authorities, we are a socially responsible business. Our profits are re invested into our services, our staff, and the communities we work in. We employ nearly 2,500 people and have over 1.7 million patient contacts each year across more than 50 different services.

Our vision is to lead and inspire through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all that we do, and we are looking for exceptional people to work with us to provide the highest possible care to the people who use our services.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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5 Beacon Way
Hull
HU3 4AE