Livewell Southwest currently has the following opportunities available within our specialist dental service.

Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry – closing date 30 April

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an inspiring, dedicated and enthusiastic registered specialist in Paediatric Dentistry to join Plymouth Community Dental Service, part of Livewell Southwest (LSW). LSW is an award-winning provider of NHS services in Plymouth & the surrounding community in South Hams & West Devon.

This Specialist Lead Salaried Dental Service offers a wide range of services including comprehensive dentistry for adults & children with special needs, oral surgery, dentistry for children, phobic care, & urgent care for non-registered patients.

We are looking for Specialist in Paediatrics to work as part of our multi-disciplined dental team focusing on providing specialist, comprehensive & continuing preventative dental care for paediatrics whose dental needs cannot be fulfilled in General Dental Practice. This will include under conscious sedation/General Anaesthesia.

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Specialist in Special Care Dentistry – closing date 30 April

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an inspiring, dedicated, and enthusiastic band C, Specialist in Special Care Dentistry to join our team at Plymouth Community Dental Services (PCDS) which is part of Livewell Southwest (LSW).

You must hold a recognised dentist qualification, be registered with the GDC as a specialist in special care dentistry and hold a performer number on the NHS Performers List for England. Applications will be considered within 6 months of successful completion of Specialist Training (CCST) at interview.

You will work as part of a specialist-led team, working alongside specialists in special care dentistry, paediatric dentistry, and minor oral surgery. You will be providing dental care to adults with additional needs, with or without the use of conscious sedation and under general anaesthesia.

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Salaried Dentist Development Post – closing date 30 April

Wanting to upskill your dental knowledge? This job is for you!

This post is a developmental position, providing access to training across all disciplines within a salaried service setting of special care, oral surgery, paediatrics and urgent care. As the largest NHS dental provider in Plymouth, our service is large enough to make your work variable and interesting, yet still small enough to make the experience of working here personal to you. This role will also include full sedation training.

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Livewell Southwest is an exciting, forward thinking organisation delivering a unique and growing range of services across Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon as well as some specialist services for those living in Devon and Cornwall, working as part of the NHS family in a similar way to GPs, Dentists and Pharmacies.

We are focused on continuing to innovate our services and to develop our workforce to meet the future needs of our communities, true to our purpose to support people to be safe, well and at home. Service innovation and workforce development are crucial to ensuring health and social care services can meet the needs of an aging population with increasingly complex needs.

As an organisation we value diversity and it is important to us that our workforce represents as closely as possible the diversity of the communities we serve.

Our locations offer an exciting work life balance, with excellent quality schooling and attractive, well-priced housing stock, with Dartmoor and glorious beaches on the doorstep and Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, offering culture.

Livewell Southwest values its staff and makes investment in their development a priority. Currently we offer the following development opportunities for staff:

• A minimum of three days protected Continued Professional Development
• Development pathways for unregistered and registered staff
• Apprenticeships
• Leadership programmes
• Coaching and mentoring
• Clinical training programmes
• Access and funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course and Scholarship into Nurse training
• Robust Preceptorship
• An induction programme tailored to your needs

We offer a wide range of rewards and benefits for staff, from retail discounts, lease car scheme, childcare vouchers, school holiday childcare subsidies and multiple flexible working options. Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation. Alternatively, other pension options are available. To find out more about the rewards and benefits available to our staff please click here.

Relocation packages can be considered for the right candidate.

Recruitment Events

For all recruitment events taking place across the South West of England, please visit the South West Provider Collaborative website found here: https://southwestpc.nhs.uk/recruitment-events.