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Assistant Clinical Director - Dentistry

£17.6 - £20.8 per hourEstimated
Full-time
Job summary

Are you an experienced and inspirational dentist ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Join Oxfordshire Community Dental Service as our Assistant Clinical Director (Dentistry) and play a pivotal role in shaping high-quality, patient-centred dental care across the county. This is a full-time role based at our headquarters in Oxford.

This is a brilliant opportunity to combine clinical excellence with strategic leadership. Working alongside the Clinical Director, you will help lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team, drive service improvement, champion clinical governance, and support the delivery of outstanding care for patients with complex needs, including paediatric, special care and urgent dental services.

You'll have the opportunity to influence service development, mentor and develop colleagues, contribute to reducing health inequalities, and build strong partnerships across primary and secondary care. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you'll continue to maintain an active clinical role, ensuring you remain connected to patient care.

We're looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative leader with significant clinical experience, excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering safe, innovative and compassionate dental services.

If you're ready to make a lasting impact on patients, colleagues and the future of community dentistry, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
  • Deputise for the Clinical Director (Dentistry) in the leadership and management of the Oxfordshire Community Dental Service across a range of sites and settings.
  • Assist with the strategic provision of oral and dental healthcare for the Trust and to champion the improvement of health inequalities of the population.
  • Assist with managing all clinical dental performers in the service while working in both primary and secondary care, and support with the management of contracts and service level agreements including those with secondary care providers such as general anaesthetics and medical physics.
  • Maintain an effective senior clinical role and will be required to provide clinical sessions for special care and paediatric patients as appropriate.
  • Provide professional and clinical advice to colleagues, service users, Boards, Committees and other stakeholders as required.
  • Deliver teaching and training to dental staff as required.
Interviews for this role are scheduled for Wednesday 29 July.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
  • Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job responsibilities
  • Provide clinical and strategic leadership for the Community Dental Service Support and deputise for the Clinical Director in leading and managing the Oxfordshire Community Dental Service across multiple sites, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality service
  • Maintain an active senior clinical role Deliver specialist clinical care for patients with complex needs, including special care, paediatric and urgent care patients, while providing expert clinical advice to colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Lead and develop the workforce Provide visible leadership through staff management, appraisals, job planning, performance management, teaching, training and supporting the professional development of dental teams.
  • Drive clinical governance and service improvement Lead integrated governance, oversee quality assurance and clinical performance, ensure compliance with operational policies and KPIs, and contribute to the planning and delivery of high-quality, clinically effective services.
  • Build partnerships and influence service development Work collaboratively with commissioners, secondary care providers and other stakeholders to support service planning, contract management, reduce health inequalities and improve patient outcomes across the county.
Person Specification

Qualifications
  • Essential
  • A primary care dental qualification registrable with the General Dental Council
  • Full registration with the General Dental Council
  • Dental foundation training or equivalence or exemption from dental foundation training
  • Relevant post graduate qualification
  • Evidence of membership of professional organisations relevant to clinical area of expertise
  • Desirable
  • Managerial qualification
  • Teaching qualification
  • Evidence of management and leadership training
Experience
  • Essential
  • Evidence of significant recent clinical experience
  • Experience in treating a broad range of patients
  • Experience of CDS/GDS/HDS
  • Experience of staff management
  • Experience of teaching or supervising staff (therapists/dental officers/DCTs')
  • Relevant experience in clinical governance, quality assurance and audit
  • Experience of complaints and concerns management
  • Desirable
  • Evidence of research and publications
Contractual requirements
  • Essential
  • Have NHS performer number (on appropriate list required for Trust dentistry services)
  • Have enhance DBS as working with children and vulnerable adults
  • Hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a car
  • Ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust
  • Ability to travel to multiple sites
  • Able to work flexibly
  • Willing and able to work out of hours
Knowledge
  • Essential
  • Knowledge of wider dental agenda
  • Knowledge of primary care dental services commissioning
  • Knowledge of clinical governance agenda
  • Political awareness
Skills
  • Essential
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent team working
  • Provides visible leadership
  • Open and inclusive attitude
  • Good timekeeping and deadline skills
  • Involvement in staff training and development
  • Able to work flexibly with role and to organise and prioritise own workload
  • Good IM&T knowledge and skills
  • Able to maintain standards of service delivery
  • Ability to deal with sensitive information and respect confidentiality
  • Good office skills and maintenance of records
Personal qualities
  • Essential
  • Able to work as part of a team
  • Enthusiastic, resilient and able to work under pressure
  • Good professional conduct and appearance
  • Commitment to high ethical standards
  • Willing to work flexible hours
Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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