Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has become available for a Dental Therapist Advanced Practitioner with Direct Access experience to join our team at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Community Dental Services, supporting our Dental Practice in Springbank, Cheltenham.  

This is an opportunity to be part of an experienced team delivering care in a general practice setting and to gain valuable experience, with a variety of different patient cohorts.

Main duties of the job

The patients who access the Springbank Dental service include both adults and children. The post holder will be supported by a  dedicated Senior Dental Officer alongside a highly experienced and friendly dental team.

The post holder will be encouraged to utilise their full scope of practice to perform a range of  clinical, restorative or preventative procedures  to  patients  without direct supervision .  You will need previous experience of delivering a wide variety of treatments under the direct access model.

The Community Dental Services Gloucestershire is passionate about investing in its dental team. We provide our staff with opportunities to grow their capabilities and support Dental Therapists to develop their skills.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. 

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 
•  81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
   

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.