Senior Community Dentist
Band B Salary - £78,573 - £91, 903 pa
37.5 hours per week (part time considered)
Permanent
Location We have 6 clinics across the Calderdale and Kirklees area, in Halifax, Huddersfield, Batley, Cleckheaton and Todmorden. You will be allocated a base.
Locala Dental Care provides comprehensive dental care for children and adults with special care needs, and for other priority groups, across Calderdale and Kirklees.
This is an excellent opportunity for a salaried dentist to provide care for children and adults who cannot access General Dental Services and involves providing high quality care to children and adults including those with complex medical co-morbidities, learning difficulties, patient management issues, and complex dental needs. Care will be provided in community clinics and in domiciliary settings.
You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, equally important is the ability to build good working relationships and be an effective team player. You will be supported by specialist clinicians in paediatric and special care dentistry and encouraged to develop your skills and learning.
The successful applicants must be fully registered with the General Dental Council and have completed vocational training, be able to obtain a Performer Number & pin number to work within NHS Primary Care Dentistry, hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle due to the requirement for regular travel.
Note - this role is eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme.
Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.
Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.
We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.
Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.
Some benefits you can enjoy:-
Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.
For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Locala Health and Wellbeing
Princess Royal Health Centre Greenhead Road Huddersfield, HD1 4EW United Kingdom
Huddersfield
HD1 4EW
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