Assistant Clinical Director – Public Dental Service

Job title:

Assistant Clinical Director – Public Dental Service

Company

NHS Scotland

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.The shift pattern for this post is Monday – Friday 8.30 – 4.30pm = 37.5 hrs per week to provide leadership across all services within their remit.Post Title: Assistant Clinical Director – Special Care (1 year fixed term) Base: Stobhill Hospital – Oral Health Directorate Offices and New Victoria HospitalAn exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit to the post of Assistant Clinical Director (Special Care) within the Public Dental Service in NHS GG&C for a fixed term of one year. The successful candidate will be involved in the development and delivery of primary care dental services to vulnerable groups of patients with complex needs within the health board area. The successful applicant will be expected to lead on the delivery of care to those accessing special care dentistry whether registered or unregistered. This post involves 3 sessions of administration sessions and 7 sessions of clinical cover. Provide high quality clinical care to this patient group and be able to manage the care of complex adults. Shape and plan the delivery of care for, patients referred to the service by General Dental Practitioners, HCWs or secondary care services and including those patients registered to the PDS. This post will also include involvement with post graduate training programmes, where appropriate. Assist in the review of access to NHS dental services within the health board area, and provide recommendations for improvement to access for patients that are unable to register with an NHS dentist and access to domiciliary services. Improve access using innovative approaches and creative thinking to bolstering care. Have regular contact with a range of partners including; Glasgow University and secondary care colleagues.Informal Contact: – Tara Dunseith – 0141 201 3346 [email protected]Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information PacksNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.For application portal/log-in issues, please contact in the first instance.

Expected salary

Location

Glasgow

Job date

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 01:39:49 GMT

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