Senior Restorative Dental Therapist

Job description

Job summary

As a Senior Dental hygienist / therapist within the Restorative dental department you will help lead and deliver the dental related preventative services for the Regional Head & Neck Cancer patients treated within the outpatient department and ward. This will involve care of this patient group before, during and after their cancer treatment. This will include the delivery of pre treatment care to the prescription of the consultants within the department including preventive advice, periodontal treatment, restoration placement and impression taking. As a Senior Dental hygienist / Dental therapist you will lead the Restorative oral health education clinics.

Main duties of the job

You will help provide services for complex multidisciplinary patients requiring care from restorative dentistry working with orthodontic and maxillofacial colleagues in relation to their planning, treatment delivery and maintenance. This will involve treatment of patients with complex hypodontia, adult cleft lip and palate and facial trauma who receive complex restorative dental care and dental implant based rehabilitation.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To maintain Continuing Professional Development in line with the General Dental Council Regulations, in order to fulfil personal training needs.

To be a member of British Association of Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists

To carry out dental treatment under prescription from the Restorative Consultants

Provide dental hygiene care to a wide range of patients

Manage Head and neck cancer patients and their relatives/ carers at various stages of their treatment pathway including counselling patients on the dental effects of their recent diagnosis and treatment

Obtain a detailed dental history from patients and evaluate their medical history

Carry out a clinical examination within their competence

Complete periodontal examination and charting and use indices to screen and monitor periodontal disease

Diagnose and treatment plan within their competence

Prescribe radiographs

Interpret various film views used in the department

Plan the delivery of care for patients

Give appropriate patient advice

Provide preventive oral care to patients and liaise with dentists over the treatment of caries, periodontal disease and tooth wear

Undertake supragingival and subgingival scaling and root surface debridement using manual and powered instruments

Use appropriate anti-microbial therapy to manage plaque related diseases

Adjust restored surfaces in relation to periodontal treatment

Apply topical treatments and fissure sealants

Give patients advice on how to stop smoking

Take intra and extra-oral photographs

Give infiltration and inferior dental block analgesia

Place temporary dressings and re-cement crowns with temporary cement

Place rubber dam

Take impressions

Care of implants and treatment of peri-implant tissues

Identify anatomical features, recognise abnormalities and interpret common pathology

Carry out oral cancer screening

If necessary, refer patients to other healthcare professionals

Keep full, accurate and contemporaneous patient records

If working on prescription, vary the detail but not the direction of the prescription according to patient needs. For example, the number of surfaces to be restored or the material to be used.

Carry out direct restorations on primary and secondary teeth

Carry out pulpotomies on primary teeth

Extract primary teeth

Place pre-formed crowns on primary teeth

Co-ordinate/ lead team delivering Restorative Oral Health Education (ROHE) for the departments Head and Neck Cancer patients on the ward and related departments.

Ensure equipment used is in suitable working condition and raise any concerns.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To maintain Continuing Professional Development in line with the General Dental Council Regulations, in order to fulfil personal training needs.

To be a member of British Association of Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists

To carry out dental treatment under prescription from the Restorative Consultants

Provide dental hygiene care to a wide range of patients

Manage Head and neck cancer patients and their relatives/ carers at various stages of their treatment pathway including counselling patients on the dental effects of their recent diagnosis and treatment

Obtain a detailed dental history from patients and evaluate their medical history

Carry out a clinical examination within their competence

Complete periodontal examination and charting and use indices to screen and monitor periodontal disease

Diagnose and treatment plan within their competence

Prescribe radiographs

Interpret various film views used in the department

Plan the delivery of care for patients

Give appropriate patient advice

Provide preventive oral care to patients and liaise with dentists over the treatment of caries, periodontal disease and tooth wear

Undertake supragingival and subgingival scaling and root surface debridement using manual and powered instruments

Use appropriate anti-microbial therapy to manage plaque related diseases

Adjust restored surfaces in relation to periodontal treatment

Apply topical treatments and fissure sealants

Give patients advice on how to stop smoking

Take intra and extra-oral photographs

Give infiltration and inferior dental block analgesia

Place temporary dressings and re-cement crowns with temporary cement

Place rubber dam

Take impressions

Care of implants and treatment of peri-implant tissues

Identify anatomical features, recognise abnormalities and interpret common pathology

Carry out oral cancer screening

If necessary, refer patients to other healthcare professionals

Keep full, accurate and contemporaneous patient records

If working on prescription, vary the detail but not the direction of the prescription according to patient needs. For example, the number of surfaces to be restored or the material to be used.

Carry out direct restorations on primary and secondary teeth

Carry out pulpotomies on primary teeth

Extract primary teeth

Place pre-formed crowns on primary teeth

Co-ordinate/ lead team delivering Restorative Oral Health Education (ROHE) for the departments Head and Neck Cancer patients on the ward and related departments.

Ensure equipment used is in suitable working condition and raise any concerns.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree or Diploma in Dental Hygiene & Therapy BSc
• oGeneral Dental Council (GDC) Registration
• oPortfolio of certified /accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas

Desirable

• oAdditional relevant post qualifications

Experience

Essential

• oMust have at least 4 years post qualifying experience in dentistry.

Desirable

• oEvidence of working with medically compromised patients, children and patients with learning disabilities
• oExperience of treating periodontal patients.
• Experience of Head and Neck oncology patients

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of confidentiality / data protection act
• oExcellent communication skills both verbal & written
• oAbility to prioritise appropriately and work with minimal supervision

Desirable

• oComputer literate
• oUnderstanding of policies & procedures
• oKnowledge of hospital / practice computer systems

Aptitudes

Essential

• oTake responsibility & accountability for delivering their agreed objectives
• oEvidence of leadership within a team
• oOrganisational experience & forward planning
• oAbility to adapt to change

Desirable

• oFlexibility of working hours

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree or Diploma in Dental Hygiene & Therapy BSc
• oGeneral Dental Council (GDC) Registration
• oPortfolio of certified /accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas

Desirable

• oAdditional relevant post qualifications

Experience

Essential

• oMust have at least 4 years post qualifying experience in dentistry.

Desirable

• oEvidence of working with medically compromised patients, children and patients with learning disabilities
• oExperience of treating periodontal patients.
• Experience of Head and Neck oncology patients

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of confidentiality / data protection act
• oExcellent communication skills both verbal & written
• oAbility to prioritise appropriately and work with minimal supervision

Desirable

• oComputer literate
• oUnderstanding of policies & procedures
• oKnowledge of hospital / practice computer systems

Aptitudes

Essential

• oTake responsibility & accountability for delivering their agreed objectives
• oEvidence of leadership within a team
• oOrganisational experience & forward planning
• oAbility to adapt to change

Desirable

• oFlexibility of working hours

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle road

Stoke On Trent

ST4 6QG

United Kingdom

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