Whittington Health Dental Service
Band 5
Whittington Health Community Dental Service (CDS) operates across ten boroughs in Northwest and North Central London providing a comprehensive service for patients with complex needs, as well as evidence-based oral health promotion to key population groups, in line with national and local strategies for reducing inequalities in oral health.
We are seeking an Oral Health Promoter to join our dynamic community dental team. The successful candidate will support the delivery of oral health initiatives for elderly people and vulnerable groups across Camden and Islington boroughs. The role includes implementing oral health related CQC standards in care homes, as well as working with and supporting other vulnerable groups such as adult with special needs, homeless people, mental health, refugees and asylum seekers and contributing to our well-established community-based OHP programmes. The post holder will work directly with stakeholders such as care homes, hostels, community organisations, charity organisation, mental health services, and refugee support programmes while supporting preventative oral health initiatives and promoting access to appropriate dental services.
This post will be based in the Community Dental Service. The principal care groups covered by Community Dental Services are:
Frail and housebound older people
Adults with high levels of dental decay or with special needs
People with profound physical, mental or medical disabilities
Homeless people, drug and alcohol users, refugees, asylum seekers,
The purpose of this job is to contribute toward the improvement of oral health and reduction of oral health inequalities by
- providing education and support
- maximising the availability of fluoride
- building skills, capacity and confidence in local people
- increasing access to local NHS dental services
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ayesha Masood Job title: Oral Health Improvement Lead Email address: ayeshamasood@nhs.net Telephone number: 020 3316 8353
For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
Oral Health Improvement Lead, Whittington Health Dental Services on 0203 316 8353 / ayeshamasood@nhs.net
