Job summary
- Main area
- Community Dental Service
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: 28 hour Term Time Only
- Hours
- Part time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 110-ACS225-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Glanrhyd Hospital
- Town
- Glanrhyd
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Designed to Smile Dental Health Support Worker
Band 2
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dental Health Support Worker to join the Designed to Smile Team in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.
You will be based at Glanrhyd Hospital. This post will be 28 hours per week, 8.30 - 4pm.TERM TIME ONLY. Days TBC
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to work as part of the Designed to Smile team assisting the Oral Health Improvement Practitioner in implementing and monitoring the supervised tooth brushing programme in schools and pre-schools in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB. You will be required to have the ability to prioritize your workload which will involve carrying out administrative tasks including data collection using computer software packages. The role also requires the post holders to deliver and collate parental consents, and to monitor and order oral health resources.
The post holder will be required to have a flexible approach as the role involves travelling daily between sites visiting schools and pre-schools throughout all localities in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and communicating with parents, educational staff and other health professionals.
You will be required to travel between sites and may be required to drive CTMUHB vehicles.
Main duties of the job
- To support the Oral Health Improvement Practitioner engage with targeted groups and educational/childcare settings to deliver ‘Designed to Smile’ Oral Health Improvement Programme line with WHC (2017) Number 23 Refocusing of the Designed to Smile child oral health improvement programme.
- To develop and maintain good working relationships and communication with all stakeholders including families, health professionals, dental teams and educational and childcare establishments.
- To communicate with parents and education staff to gain consent for participation in Designed to Smile Oral Health Programmes.
- Communicate routine information requiring tact and diplomacy, overcoming barriers to understanding where parents/carer have physical, medical and mental health conditions who may be emotional and/or upset.
- To work closely with and take direction from the OHIP to deliver resources and carry our quality assurance checks /monitor the OHP activities within the Designed to Smile Oral Health Programme.
- To be involved in Health Promotion initiatives such as promotional events, study days and patient related activities, under the direction of the supervising OHIP.
- To support the OHIP staff with administrative duties including all associated paperwork, forms and data collection necessary to support the Designed to Smile programme.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- English/Mathematics GCSE or equivalent qualification.
- Knowledge of personal care and related procedures, vocational qualification at Level 2 or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the role of the Community Dental Service.
- Understanding of the role of Oral Health in health and disease.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of team working and working with people.
- Customer care experience.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of healthcare and/or childcare.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Paynter
- Job title
- Deputy Oral Health Programme Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 715311
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