NHS
Band 5 Oral Health Improvement Practitioner
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Job Description
- Req#: C9820-23-0961?language=en&page=38&sort=publicationDateDesc
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- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- A strong commitment to a social model of health for reducing oral health inequalities.
- Ability to motivate and influence others.
- Confidence to use initiave and make decisions.
- Ability to reflect on performance and identify areas for improvement.
- General Dental Council registration. Certificate of the Examining Board of Dental Nurses (or equivalent) And Certificate in Oral Health Promotion. (or equivalent Diploma/ Business Technology and Education Council Level 4 professional qualification) Or A Diploma or BSc in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy. Award in education and Training (or equivalent Diploma / Business Technology and Education Council Level 3 A Diploma or BSc in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy.
- Relevant experience of planning and delivering oral health improvement programmes, training and events.
- Relevant experience of managing own workload and working to tight timescales.
- Relevant experience of team working.
- Good understanding of health improvement principles and practices
- Knowledge of the use of epidemiology and deprivation data to identify target groups.
- Excellent ability to communicate effectively using verbal and written skills.
- Knowledge of planning, managing and evaluating health improvement programmes.
- Competent in the use of IT systems and Microsoft Office for delivering training, with good keyboard skills for writing reports and recording data.
- Car Owner/driver essential for use on a daily basis
- Award in education and Training (or equivalent Diploma / Business Technology and Education Council Level 3
- A strong commitment to a social model of health for reducing oral health inequalities.
- Ability to motivate and influence others.
- Confidence to use initiave and make decisions.
- Ability to reflect on performance and identify areas for improvement.
- General Dental Council registration. Certificate of the Examining Board of Dental Nurses (or equivalent) And Certificate in Oral Health Promotion. (or equivalent Diploma/ Business Technology and Education Council Level 4 professional qualification) Or A Diploma or BSc in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy. Award in education and Training (or equivalent Diploma / Business Technology and Education Council Level 3 A Diploma or BSc in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy.
- Relevant experience of planning and delivering oral health improvement programmes, training and events.
- Relevant experience of managing own workload and working to tight timescales.
- Relevant experience of team working.
- Good understanding of health improvement principles and practices
- Knowledge of the use of epidemiology and deprivation data to identify target groups.
- Excellent ability to communicate effectively using verbal and written skills.
- Knowledge of planning, managing and evaluating health improvement programmes.
- Competent in the use of IT systems and Microsoft Office for delivering training, with good keyboard skills for writing reports and recording data.
- Car Owner/driver essential for use on a daily basis
- Award in education and Training (or equivalent Diploma / Business Technology and Education Council Level 3
Job summary
The Oral Health Improvement Service is a commissioned service within the Dental Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The purpose of the Oral Health Improvement Team is to deliver evidence based, oral health interventions to reduce the inequalities in oral health, working across organisational boundaries within the Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull ICB's.
If you have experience of delivering oral health improvement programmes and enjoy working with communities to improve oral health outcomes, then joining this new team might be the job for you.
You will be expected to work within a team to contribute to the planning of oral health improvement interventions, the delivery of workforce development training, supervised toothbrushing programmes, Mouth Care Matters programmes, management of targeted toothbrushing resources and other evidence based interventions and evaluation.
If you would like additional information, please email the Oral Health Improvement Lead, Julie Smith.
Julie.smith17@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
To work in the Oral Health Improvement Team within the Dental Division to plan, develop, deliver and evaluate evidence based, oral health improvement programmes for professionals, service users, patients, targeted underserved and vulnerable groups based on epidemiological, demographic,cultural and oral health indicators.
To communicate effectively, persuade and influence colleagues and staff from other agencies to build capacity to embed oral health improvement into daily practice to reduce oral health inequalities.
About us
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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Date posted
06 December 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year N/A
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
820-5790523-DEN
Job locations
Community Clinics -Birmingham or Black Country
5 Millpool Way
Birmingham
B5 7EG
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Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
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Personal Qualities
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Desirable
Personal Qualities
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Additional informationDisclosure 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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address
Community Clinics -Birmingham or Black Country
5 Millpool Way
Birmingham
B5 7EG
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address
Community Clinics -Birmingham or Black Country
5 Millpool Way
Birmingham
B5 7EG
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.