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1. You must, within 7 days notify the GDC of any professional appointments you accept which require GDC registration and provide the contact details of your employer or any organisation for which you are contracted to provide dental services. 2. You must allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any organisation which you are contracted to provide dental services, and any Development Adviser, Workplace Supervisor, reporter, and any other person involved in your retraining and supervision referred in these conditions. 3. You must inform the GDC within 7 days if you apply for dental employment outside the UK. 4. You must inform the GDC within seven days of being notified of: a. Any formal disciplinary action taken against you; b. Any NHS investigation; c. Any patient complaint received about your clinical practice or conduct at work. 5. At any time you are employed, or providing dental services, which require you be registered with the GDC, you must place yourself and remain under the close supervision* of a workplace supervisor nominated by you and agreed by the GDC. The workplace supervisor shall be a GDC registrant in the same category as the Registrant or higher. 6. You must not start/restart work until these arrangements have been approved by the GDC. 7. You must provide your workplace supervisor with a copy of this determination. 8. You must provide reports from your workplace supervisor to the GDC every three months and at least 14 days prior to any review. The workplace supervisor report should address the following: i. Putting patient’s interests first ii. Scope of Practice iii. Patient Focused Care iv. Maintaining appropriate personal and professional behaviour v. Aspects of consent and best interest vi. Making best interest decisions vii. Duty of candour viii. Managing patient expectations ix. Prescription practice 9. You must keep your professional commitments under review and limit your dental practice in accordance with your workplace supervisor’s advice. 10. You must keep a log which details all work you complete which requires a prescription from a dentist. 11. This log must be signed by your workplace supervisor and submitted every three months and at least 14 days prior to any review, or alternatively, confirm that there have been no such cases. 12. You must submit evidence of your indemnity to the GDC prior to starting work. Should your indemnity expire whilst the conditions are in place, you must send the GDC evidence of your updated indemnity. 13. You must not work as a locum or undertake any out-of-hours work or on-call duties without the prior agreement of the GDC. 14. You must inform promptly the following parties that your registration is subject to conditions listed at 1 to 13 above and provide evidence within 7 days that you have done so. a. Any organisation or person employing or contracting with you to undertake dental work. b. Any prospective employer (at the time of the application). c. All staff at any practice where you are employed to carry out dental services. 15. You must permit the GDC to disclose the above conditions 1 to 14 to any person requesting information about your registration status. * Close Supervision The Registrant’s day to day work must be supervised by a person who is registered with the GDC in their category of the register or above and who must be on site and available at all times. As a minimum, the Registrant’s work must be reviewed at least twice a week by the supervisor via one to one meetings and case-based discussion. These bi-weekly meetings must be focused on all areas of concern identified by the conditions/undertakings. These meetings must take place face to face.