Band B Community Dentist

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Community Dentist to join their team. The role involves providing comprehensive dental services to vulnerable populations, ensuring high-quality care and patient education in a diverse clinical environment. Ideal candidates will hold relevant GDC registration and demonstrate a commitment to the NHS values.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for GDC registration as a dentist.
• NHS primary dental care performer number or eligibility.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of dental services for various patient needs.
• Deliver prevention and dental health education services.
• Train undergraduate dental students and provide supportive care.

Skills

Time Management

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered with GDC

NHS primary dental care performer number

Postgraduate qualification relevant to dental care

Job description

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint 0.8 WTE Band B Community Dentist. This is a permanent post based within the Community Dental Services team in Sheffield.

Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Provision of a range of dental services in accordance with approved Trust plans and policies. These include treatment of individual patients, prevention and dental health education services, dental screening and training of undergraduate dental students and professions complementary to dentistry.

The remit of the Community and Special Care Dental Service includes provision of dental treatment for clients with physical and/or learning difficulties, mental health problems, medically compromised patients, the dependent elderly (including domiciliary visits), dental phobics, and also care to the general population in areas of poor NHS dental provision.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

About us

Sheffield is England's fourth-largest city, with a population of over half a million, with the wealth of facilities you would expect to find in a major city, yet it is compact, welcoming and accessible. It is a friendly city with a prosperous economy and relatively low cost of living, all of which makes for an excellent quality of life.

It has good rail and road links, with a typical train journey to London St Pancras taking 2 hours. Manchester Airport is also just over an hour away with an ever expanding repertoire of routes to national and international destinations.

The city of Sheffield contains an abundance of entertainment and cultural activities including award-winning theatres, (the Crucible and Lyceum are world-class theatres and major regional attractions), museums and galleries, a variety of clubs and live music venues, and a range of spectator and participation sports. With a thriving cultural industries quarter and a range of city-wide events throughout the year, there is something on offer to suit everyone's taste and interests.

Details Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£78,573 to £91,903 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

190-STH-25-166

Job locations

The Charles Clifford Dental Services

76 Wellesley Road

Sheffield

S10 2SZ

Job description Job responsibilities

The community based service aims to be the leading provider of care and education in special care dentistry for vulnerable groups of both adults and children, in Sheffield

Community Dental Services is a clinical directorate of the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital which is a part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The service comprises of Special Care Dentistry for adults together with a paediatric community service. These are two discrete services both recognised as separate dental specialties by the General Dental Council.

Services are provided from clinics located throughout the city, including special care dentistry, paediatric dentistry, outreach teaching and some salaried general dental services. Clinical facilities include surgeries in special schools for children with severe learning difficulties and surgeries set up to provide intravenous sedation.

Job description Job responsibilities

The community based service aims to be the leading provider of care and education in special care dentistry for vulnerable groups of both adults and children, in Sheffield

Community Dental Services is a clinical directorate of the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital which is a part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The service comprises of Special Care Dentistry for adults together with a paediatric community service. These are two discrete services both recognised as separate dental specialties by the General Dental Council.

Services are provided from clinics located throughout the city, including special care dentistry, paediatric dentistry, outreach teaching and some salaried general dental services. Clinical facilities include surgeries in special schools for children with severe learning difficulties and surgeries set up to provide intravenous sedation.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GDC as a dentist.
• NHS primary dental care performer number (or eligible to obtain one).

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification relevant to the work of the Salaried Primary Dental Care Service

Personal Attributes Essential

• Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
• Ensures value for money is considered in all that they do
• Good time management skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours as and when necessary
• Ability to work as part of a health care team
• Ability to work independently and under their own initiative
• The post holder must have the ability to travel throughout the city of Sheffield on a regular basis
• Good written communication skills
• The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC' good medical practice (2013).

Desirable

• Willing to take on a senior role within the service

Clinical Experience Essential

• Significant experience in dentistry in a primary care setting.
• Experience in delivering prevention-based care.
• Experience of providing care in a domiciliary setting.
• Experience of providing dental care for child and adult patients who are dentally anxious or phobic, including provision of care using sedation.
• Experience of providing dental care for child and adult patients with complex co-morbidities including those with special needs, a learning disability and/or mental health problems and the frail elderly.
• Ability to communicate with confidence with patients and their families, carers, members of the dental team and other health and social care professionals.

Desirable

• Experience in line managing salaried dentists.
• Experience in using alternative therapies e.g. hypnosis, acupuncture in treating patients.

Management and Administration Essential

• Understands the functions of the community/salaried primary dental care service.
• Ability to lead and work as part of a health care team
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage themselves and others.
• Good presentation skills.

Teaching Essential

• Experience in supervising undergraduate or postgraduate students in dental practice.
• Experience of delegating work to and supervising staff.

Continuous Professional Development Essential

• Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months

Desirable

• Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Clinical governance and audit Essential

• Experience in performing clinical audit

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GDC as a dentist.
• NHS primary dental care performer number (or eligible to obtain one).

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification relevant to the work of the Salaried Primary Dental Care Service

Personal Attributes Essential

• Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
• Ensures value for money is considered in all that they do
• Good time management skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours as and when necessary
• Ability to work as part of a health care team
• Ability to work independently and under their own initiative
• The post holder must have the ability to travel throughout the city of Sheffield on a regular basis
• Good written communication skills
• The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC' good medical practice (2013).

Desirable

• Willing to take on a senior role within the service

Clinical Experience Essential

• Significant experience in dentistry in a primary care setting.
• Experience in delivering prevention-based care.
• Experience of providing care in a domiciliary setting.
• Experience of providing dental care for child and adult patients who are dentally anxious or phobic, including provision of care using sedation.
• Experience of providing dental care for child and adult patients with complex co-morbidities including those with special needs, a learning disability and/or mental health problems and the frail elderly.
• Ability to communicate with confidence with patients and their families, carers, members of the dental team and other health and social care professionals.

Desirable

• Experience in line managing salaried dentists.
• Experience in using alternative therapies e.g. hypnosis, acupuncture in treating patients.

Management and Administration Essential

• Understands the functions of the community/salaried primary dental care service.
• Ability to lead and work as part of a health care team
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage themselves and others.
• Good presentation skills.

Teaching Essential

• Experience in supervising undergraduate or postgraduate students in dental practice.
• Experience of delegating work to and supervising staff.

Continuous Professional Development Essential

• Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months

Desirable

• Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Clinical governance and audit Essential

• Experience in performing clinical audit

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Charles Clifford Dental Services

76 Wellesley Road

Sheffield

S10 2SZ

Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Charles Clifford Dental Services

76 Wellesley Road

Sheffield

S10 2SZ

Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)