Dental Officer (Special Care)

To provide a full range of dental care to patients of the Dental HealthCare Suffolk Special care Dental Service. This includes priority and vulnerable and groups meeting special care service criteria, and children and adults with moderate-severe anxiety.

We are an IASCD accredited sedation training provider and full training will be given for all aspects of this role; experience of special care is not essential.

The post will be based in Suffolk and work may need to be undertaken at other establishments where Dental HealthCare operates in the surrounding area

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised, Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of Englandthat enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highlyin the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as aleading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement anddevelopment.

We have a permanent full time post available - applications for full or part time are welcome. The successful applicant will be based in our newly equipped multi-surgery clinics in Ipswich or Bury St. Edmunds (depending on applicant availability). Salary point Dependent on experience

We are very proud of the services we provide to our patients and this role is vital to support safe and compassionate care .

The successful candidate will provide dental care to special care patients, supported by our team of dental healthcare professionals, by the service leads and by specialists in special care and paediatric dentistry.

This exciting and varied role will include care on a domiciliary basis, care under inhalation sedation and participation in epidemiological fieldwork.