Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• A relevant qualification in oral health promotion
• Significant experience in primary health care in the UK, part of which should have been in a work setting with relevance to oral health education or oral health promotion

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to deal with patients’ and carers’ needs in a caring and sensitive manner.
• Ability to manage difficult or challenging behaviours in clients or patients
• Knowledge and understanding of inequalities and barriers to oral health for socially excluded and vulnerable people, and their relevance to oral and general health
• Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities and relevance to the delivery of oral health initiatives
• Knowledge of evidence-based and contemporary oral health promotion and preventive strategies
• Good interpersonal and liaison skills
• Good interpersonal and liaison skills
• Good group work and training skills
• Ability to manage workload and time
• Ability to set up and implement a project within a short timescale
• Initiative and flexibility in dealing with unfamiliar issues

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in primary health care in the UK
• Experience in carrying out oral health promotion activities
• Experience in delivering training sessions and presentations to groups
• Experience in project planning and implementation

Desirable

• Experience of working in the Community Dental Service
• Experience of working with people with challenging behaviour and special care needs
• Experience of working with other agencies in meeting the needs of patients
• Experience of involvement in community-based oral health prevention and promotion programmes
• Experience in training and supervising staff

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 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).