Job Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious individual with significant experience in paediatric dentistry to join the Paediatric Dentistry Team in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The role will be based in the Dudley locality but the candidate will need to be able to move to locations across BCHC sites to deliver patient care when necessary.



This is a Consultant lead specialist service providing high quality dentistry to anxious children and children with special needs, in multiple sites across Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley. The service also provides mobile dental services at selected schools. General anaesthetic care is provided at Walsall Manor and Sandwell General Hospital.



The main job role is to provide senior support based in Dudley providing specialised dental care for children who fulfil the acceptance criteria for community paediatric dentistry. Alongside this the senior dental officer is expected to work with the other senior dental officers taking a lead role in areas such as the dental mobile, line management and the development of staff, undergraduate dental student and therapy teaching, clinical governance, audit and dental sedation and the general anaesthetic service.



BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.



If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.



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For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.