Community Dental Officer - Special Care

Clinical Duties
+ Undertake thorough examination, diagnosis and assessment of patients.
+ Carry out treatment planning and care management for a range of patients.
+ To plan, develop, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions to prevent disease and promote health for individual patients.
+ To identify commonly occurring medical emergencies and lead the dental team in the appropriate first line management of the emergency, using appropriate techniques, equipment and drugs.
+ To use appropriate local anaesthetic and patient management approaches to control pain and anxiety during dental treatment.
+ To use sedation where required.
+ Carry out routine exodontias and/or simple surgical exodontias.
+ Undertake appropriate assessment of patients to determine the need for specialist advice.
+ Undertake appropriate investigations during patient examination to determine the need for specialist advice in the management of the developing dentition.
+ Undertake the diagnosis, selection of appropriate restorative techniques and delivery of restoration or replacement of teeth in an effective way, Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

The post holder will work with the Community and Specialist Dental Service Team delivering dental care and advice to adults with special care needs across a variety of clinical settings, including clinic and domiciliary settings.
We serve patients from various community groups, including those with additional needs such as complex medical needs, those with learning difficulties, complex social history and the homeless population.
Services to be provided include preventive care and advice, dental treatment, care under sedation. The post holder will undertake routine dental care to patients referred to, or accessing, the Community Dental Service. The post holder may also care for patients identified as requiring urgent care by multi-disciplinary teams., Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
+ A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
+ Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
+ Flexible working options
+ Annual travel card loan
+ Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits