An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Tutor to work within the School of Dental Care Professionals (SODCP).

The Dental Care Professional Tutor will be an integral part of the Post qualification team (Oral Health) within the SODCP. This will include delivery and assessment within (Dental Care Professional) Post qualification programme (Oral Health) and line management of learners.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for delivery of some Dental Care Professional programmes. Assessment of Learners within some Dental Care Professional programme.

Line management of Learners within some Dental Care Professional programmes.

Maintenance and updating of resources used within some Dental Care Professional programmes

About us

School of Dental Care Professionals in Leeds Dental Institute is a small team of enthusiastic and committed professionals who are responsible for the delivery of pre and post registration education to the dental team. We have a shared vision of becoming the best NHS provider of dental education in the country.

The team support and encourage each other and their learners to achieve their full potential.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participate in recruitment and selection of learners for some Dental Care Professional programmes

Participate in learner induction

Responsible for delivery of some Dental Care Professional Induction programmes

Monitor learner appearance and behaviour and take appropriate action when required

Provide support of learners within some Dental Care Professional programmes

Agree Assessment plans with allocated learners, working with schemes of work

Review Assessment plans with learners

Organise planned observations of learners in the workplace

Judging competency of a variety of learner evidence against occupational standards

Involvement with course and curriculum organisation for some Dental Care Professional programmes

Develop and evaluates teaching materials

Demonstrate safe use of equipment/materials used in dentistry and supervise use by learners

Act as nominated assessor for assigned learners

Participate in own appraisal

Conduct appraisals / draw up development plans for learners

Periodically participate in chairside assisting during a range of dental procedures including provision of pre- and post-operative advice and instruction to maintain clinical skills and competence of practice to facilitate quality education

Attend meetings as and when appropriate both in LDI and externally

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Adult teaching

Desirable

• Managerial skills

Other Criteria

Essential

• Honest, empathic, motivated, inspiring, adaptable, supportive, efficient, organised

Qualifications

Essential

• Registrable Dental Nurse Qualification e.g C& G Diploma

Desirable

• Assessment Qualification Dental Nursing Post Qualification e.g Oral Health

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds Dental Institute

Clarendon Way

Leeds

LS2 9LU

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