Band 7 Dental Therapist

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health services provider seeks an enthusiastic Band 7 Dental Therapist to join their Community Dental Service in Swindon. This full-time position offers varied work including Special Care Dentistry, with essential support from a skilled clinical team. The successful applicant will carry out clinical procedures, manage patients with additional needs, and offer oral health advice. The salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 pro rata annually.

Benefits

NHS benefits including pension

Commitment to training / verifiable CPD

Variety of work

Qualifications

• You should be innovative, flexible and committed to working in a team environment.
• Experience in managing patients with additional needs.
• Competency in dental radiography and local analgesia.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of specialist clinical procedures without direct supervision.
• Plan management of patients with additional needs.
• Maintain patient records and provide oral health advice.

Skills

Clinical experience of full range of dental care treatments

Skilled communication

Competency in permitted extended duties

Education

Degree in Dental Therapy and Hygiene or equivalent

Registration with the General Dental Council

Exemption training for supply and administration of medicines

Diploma in Dental Health Education

ISACD Accreditation in Inhalation Sedation

Job description

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Dental Therapist

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Dental Therapist Band 7: Community Dental Service based in Swindon.

Full time Permanent (part time considered)

We are looking for an enthusiastic Dental Therapist to join our team, providing Special Care Dentistry to meet the needs of adults and children in the local community in Swindon.

You should be innovative, flexible and committed to working in a team environment while providing high standards of clinical care.

The post holder will be required to work 8:30- 17:00, with one hour for lunch, 5 days per week. Our Community Dental Service has 4 dental clinics, within Wiltshire & Swindon. We work in domiciliary settings and within main hospitals therefore use of a motor vehicle is essential. You will join our team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general practice, and be supported by a Senior Leadership Team, offering mentoring and support and experienced line management.

We can offer an excellent range of benefits including:

• Full computerisation (Software of Excellence)
• Varied and challenging work
• NHS benefits (including pension)
• Commitment to training / verifiable CPD
• Clear job planning
• Variety of work: Special Care, Paediatrics, Domiciliary Care, Health Inequality Projects, BASCD
• Consistent and highly skilled dental nurse support

Main duties of the job

GWHFT Community Dental Service provides Urgent Dental Care, Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry for children with additional needs, and Out of Hours Dentistry to the population of Wiltshire and Swindon. The post holder will use their skills to deliver services within the GWHFT Community Dental Service contract.

The Service covers Wiltshire and Swindon, and the post holder may be required to deliver services from any of our 4 sites and in domiciliary settings. The role may include participating in inhalation sedation lists, domiciliary care and epidemiological surveys.

The post holder will provide a wide range of dental treatment including all extended duties appropriate to a registered dental therapist working collaboratively with dentists within the community dental service. The work will be carried out within our community dental clinics, domiciliary visits and occasionally at our hospital sites in Swindon, Bath and Salisbury. There may also be opportunity to participate in Health Inequality Projects in collaboration with the Integrated Care Board.

You will work in collaboration with the wider clinical team to deliver dental treatment and preventative care to children and adults and those with special care requirements including learning difficulties, physical disabilities, mental health problems, medically compromised as well as those with behavioural, social and language barriers in a clinic setting and providing domiciliary care.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• To perform a range of specialist clinical, restorative or preventative procedures without direct supervision according to treatment plans under the direction of dentists within Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Community Dental Service or under direct access to defined patient groups.
• To plan the management of patients, often patients with additional needs, paediatric patients and patients with moderate to severe anxiety demonstrating an understanding of their physical and social needs.
• To maintain any associated patients records following delivery of care.
• To provide oral health advice, oral health plans and instruction to specific client groups with multiple complex needs and to provide advice and instruction to parents and carers.

Please see the attached job description for full information.

Person Specification

Education

• Degree in Dental Therapy and Hygiene or equivalent
• Registration with the General Dental Council
• Exemption training for the supply and administration of medicines
• Diploma in Dental Health Education
• ISACD Accreditation in Inhalation Sedation

Experience

• Clinical experience of full range of dental care treatments recognised as within dental therapist advanced practitioners scope of practice
• Skilled communication and experience in the management of patients with additional needs, paediatric patients and vulnerable adults.
• Competency in permitted extended duties: Dental radiography, local infiltration analgesia, inferior dental nerve block analgesia, dental impressions, temporary dressings, recementing of crowns

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata