Band 5 Civilian Dental Practice Manager

Ministry of Defence

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Details

Reference number

373006

Salary

£28,407 - £34,581

(pro rata for part time)

Job grade

Other

BAND 5

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Strategic Command

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support
Medical

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Location

Kinloss Barracks , Forres, Morayshire, Scotland

About the job

Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic Band 5 Civilian Dental Practice Manager to join our vibrant and fast paced organisation here at Kinloss Barracks

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Job description

As the successful candidate, you will provide administrative and clinical support for the provision of dental care in Defence Primary Health Care Dental Centres (DC) to enhance force generation and operational capability and minimise dental morbidity on operations.

This is to include maintenance of clinical sessions, on average at least 1 session per week, guided by the Practice Manager Lossiemouth DC and prioritised and directed from the Senior Dental Officer (SDO)/Regional Headquarter (RHQ) chain of command (CoC) as required. The timings for such sessions will depend on local staffing levels (effected by staff absence/local detachment/illness etc) in order to provide DN cover. CDPM will, when in surgery be required to delegate some management tasks to Agenda for Change Band 4 Dental Nurse(s) as is normal in a dental centre.

The post holder may also include travelling to dental centres within the region other than their normal place of work either in a clinical or administrative capacity as required.

Person specification

Duties of the role include but are not limited to:

Undertaking CPD in the core subjects of medical emergencies, Infection Prevention control (IPC), disinfection and decontamination, radiography and radiation protection, legal and ethical issues and handling complaints, as recommended by the GDC.
To provide clinical and administrative support for the provision of dental care in DPHC dental centres (DC), to enhance force generation and operational capability and minimise dental morbidity on operations.
This role will be a job split between clinical chair-side support and support to practice management tasks. It is the line management (LM) responsibility to manage the time allocation to each role, whilst ensuring mentorship in practice management tasks as required. This will be achieved through collaboration, direction and guidance from RAF Lossiemouth DC, where the LM is based.
Act as the secretary for periodic practice meetings, disseminating agenda's and minutes to all DC staff.
Provide in house training to all staff as directed.
Manage and coordinate the Healthcare Assurance Framework, ensuring governance activities are undertaken in line with MOD policy.
Compile and submit dental returns in accordance with DPHC (D) SOP's.

For further information please see the attached Job Description and Persons Specification.

Qualifications

National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) qualification

Memberships

Registered with the General Dental Council (GDC).

Technical skills

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

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

Benefits

Being part of the Civil Service entitles you to a wide range of fantastic benefits. Including flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave allowance and attractive pension options.

NHS pension.
Free parking.
GDC registration renewal currently reimbursed.
Paid holiday entitlement.

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.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:

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

Further Information

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence 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.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (SC).

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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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 offer of employment withdrawn.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Candidates who hold the qualifications but are not yet registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) are eligible to apply for this vacancy. However, if found successful it is a requirement that you are registered with the GDC prior to starting in the post.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

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 the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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.