Band 5 Civilian Dental Hygienist -

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Details

Reference number

291364

Salary

£27,055 – £32,934

Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Job grade

Other

Band 5

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD – Strategic Command – Defence Medical Services (DMS)

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Location

Dental GP, Warminster BA12 0DJ

About the job

Job summary

Are you confident, reliable, and resourceful? Do you have a good work ethic, loads of common sense, excellent communication skills and want to deliver the best care and education to your patients?

Does this sound like you, can you bring a positive contribution to our team culture at Warminster? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Job description

We are looking for an A-Player who is a highly efficient professional and brings a good sense of humour to the team and patients.

You will primarily provide dental treatment, oral hygiene instruction & education, administration.

This includes working towards improving and maintaining the dental health and operational fitness of entitled personnel. While also ensuring the implementation of aims and objectives in accordance with Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Dental policies and procedures.

Person specification

Please read the attached job description/Terms of Reference and person specification prior to applying to fully understand all the duties required by Civilian Dental Hygienists within DPHC.

Additional essential criteria required, including skills, qualifications, memberships, or licences, as detailed in the advert, and attached documents, include but not limited to:

Essential

Current full GDC registration
Knowledge of range of oral health procedures acquired through training to degree or diploma level plus experience to degree level.

Desirable

Full United Kingdom (UK) Driving licence, to enable working from other local regional dental centres when requested to.
Evidence of indemnity cover for general dental practice.
Evidence of currency with GDC CPD requirements.
Be prepared to contribute to the development of staff skills and knowledge.
Confidence in using Information Technology.
Experience of Healthcare Governance and Leadership

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

Benefits

A Market Skills Supplement of £5,750 per annum (pro rata)!
GDC (General Dental Council) Annual Fees are reimbursed
Regional training days & access to mandatory training provided
Continuous professional development (CPD) training supplied
On-site free laundry for clinical clothing & free clinical footwear
Paid annual leave entitlement
Access to NHS pension scheme (once in role)
Free on-site parking
On-site reduced gym membership

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. And the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please ensure that you demonstrate you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it. Add as much relevant information to your application to show your skills and experience to the sifting team, let them know what you can offer this role.

All employees joining MoD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

If successful for this position, it is a requirement that you provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide this evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Applicants approaching graduation are eligible to apply for this role, however they will need to obtain the full qualification and membership requirements prior to commencing in post. Should you have any queries concerning your eligibility, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional employment offer withdrawn.

The MoD is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors, and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the MoD should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number, of Defence Establishments.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.