Role Summary
This is a salaried position, based in Devon, without the stress of delivering UDAs and clawback, which includes the benefit of a full NHS pension. The role is well supported by a highly motivated, multidisciplinary team of dentists, dental therapists, post graduate trainees, dental nurses and admin staff ensuring you the opportunity to make a genuine difference in the community.
You will work in partnership with the Lead Dentist and Senior Manager to provide clinical leadership, delivering comprehensive, advanced dental care to patients with special needs and patients with special clinical requirements. You will have an interest in developing the service and in promoting a culture of quality, innovation, productivity, and preventative care.
Our dental service has close links with hospital consultants, professional care services and clinical training programmes providing opportunities for continuing professional development, research and teaching.
This post is offered on a full-time basis; however, we may be able to support some flexibility around hours.
About the Role
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. Our Medical workforce has separate arrangements.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry
Applications are invited for the new post of Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, an innovative Trust that is consistently ranked top in the country for staff satisfaction.
We are looking for a dynamic individual with drive and vision who thrives on delivering the highest standard of comprehensive clinical care to a wide range of patients including treatment under GA, conscious sedation and special care dentistry. You will act as a role model and provide specialist clinical support to an experienced and highly motivated community dental team.
We will be looking to this role to help to shape and direct the further development of the special care service and to provide clinical leadership along with the Lead Dentist. You will have the support of the Senior Management Team of Senior Dental Officers, Senior Nurses and Service Manager.
The Devon Salaried Dental Service operates within 7 locations based across Exeter, East, Mid and North Devon and incorporates five broad work streams including: special care, general anaesthesia and sedation, urgent care, oral surgery, oral health promotion and oral screening and epidemiology.
Our medical staffing team will help you get settled, providing financial relocation support, registration for children at one of the excellent local schools and support for partners seeking employment
Key Benefits
The real benefits come from the opportunity to make a real difference to the community, the opportunity to shape and develop the service and having time to care for your patients, but we’ve also put together the following package to recognise the contribution that you’ll be making.
- Salaried position £88,364 – £119,133 pro rata
- Full NHS contributory pension scheme
- Generous education allowance for CPD and personal development
- Internal training to meet CPD cycle for registration and revalidation
- Up to 6 weeks paid annual leave plus bank holidays each year
- Personal relocation support and package of up to £8,000 (where appropriate)
Other Benefits
- Working patterns that support a good work / life balance – currently you won’t be required to work evenings or weekends
- Lease car option to support work across sites in Exeter and Barnstaple
- Vicarious liability cover from Trust provides lower cost indemnity insurance requirements
- GDC registration fee offered for the first year
- More time to care for patients
- Well-equipped surgeries (OPG, wheelchair tipper etc)
- Direct support from our clinically experienced management team
- Digital Radiography to help support compliance and accurate diagnosis
- Clinically managed waiting list support
- Opportunity for involvement in the undergraduate and post graduate teaching of students and trainees.
- Outstanding work life balance in a beautiful part of the country
- Varied and challenging work where you can make a real difference.
Working Pattern: Please see attached information pack
Interview Date: 3rd March 2023
For further information please contact: Matt Heming - Lead Dentist matthew.heming@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
