Remedy International Medical are assisting in the recruitment of a Locum Dental Surgeon for the stunning Falkland Islands, which is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic, off the coast of Argentina. The Falkland Islands is vast with striking landscape, along with plenty of wildlife for you to discover.

You will be required to work as part of the dental team supporting the delivery of dental care to patients, by providing assistance to the dental practitioner in both clinical and non-clinical aspects of patient care, in line with departmental procedures.

Requirements

• To provide a full range of general dental services, within the available resources, to maintain
• community oral health.
• To provide an emergency dental service, both in and out of hours, to local residents and foreign visitors, including fishermen, and to participate in reciprocal emergency cover arrangements with the dental officers at the MPA Medical Centre as required.
• To participate in school screening programmes.
• To participate in a programme to improve oral health of school children.  
• To participate in the development of the Oral Health Strategy.
• To participate in the organization and day to day running of the dental department, in order to promote continuous improvement and efficiency in the service and its subsequent implementation.  
• To assist the hospital management team in planning and implementation of improvements to the Dental Department.
• To supervise those staff working directly with the dental officer i.e. burse, hygienist in respect of the care provided to individual patients.  
• To assist in the training and continual professional development of other members of the dental team.
• To participate in healthcare governance, audit and learning activities in the dental department and the wider hospital.

Qualifications:

• Fully qualified and GDC-registered Dental Surgeon or equivalent registration.
• Minimum 3 years of post-graduate clinical experience
• Confident in both general and emergency dental procedures

Package

• £60 per hour
• Return flights
• Subsidised accommodation
• Transport provided