Job summary
Employer heading
Oral Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 5
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in what we value: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Job overview
Exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic post holder to support the Oral Health Manager in delivering an excellent oral health promotion service across Hull and as part of our virtual training offer in Sunderland and York, as required. Training to healthcare professionals, care support staff and delivering on our supervised toothbrushing schemes. In addition we undertake community events (sometimes in
unsociable hours e.g. weekends) a couple of times a year. Full/ Part Time positions available.
Main duties of the job
Deliver oral health promotion training in accordance with the latest national guidance, to a wide variety of stakeholders including healthcare professionals, educational frontline and care home professionals.
The post holders will also support the delivery of a supervised toothbrushing programme, within the contracted areas, working flexible as required.
Working for our organisation
At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, we aim to reflect our values in everything we do - Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So
if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to the local community, Harrogate and
District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job description and Person Specification or contact Vikki Tennison on [email protected]
Person specification
interview
Essential criteria
- Must hold driving licence
Interview
Essential criteria
- NEBDN Dental Nursing certificate or equivalent
- Registered with the General Dental Council as a Dental Care Professional
- Additional post registration qualification in Oral Health
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Oral Health CPD
- Experience of inputting into oral health projects
- Experience of inputting into database/spreadsheet recording systems
- General knowledge and understanding of the NHS and how the service links in with other agencies
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vikki Tennison
- Job title
- Oral Health Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07799251456
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