Band B Community Dentist

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

Job summary

The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Band B Community Dentist for a 0.6 WTE position. This permanent role focuses on delivering dental services to vulnerable populations and includes responsibilities like treating patients, preventive care, and teaching dental students, all aligning with NHS standards.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provision of a range of dental services in accordance with Trust plans.
• Provide dental treatment for clients with physical and mental health difficulties.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Flexibility

Education

Postgraduate qualification relevant to the Salaried Primary Dental Care Service

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band B Community Dentist

The closing date is 03 July 2025

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint 0.6 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.

The proposed interview date will be on Thursday, 10th July 2025 in the afternoon.

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

• Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GDC as a dentist.
• NHS primary dental care performer number (or eligible to obtain one).
• Postgraduate qualification relevant to the work of the Salaried Primary Dental Care Service

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
• Ensures value for money is considered in all that they do
• 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
• 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).
• Willing to take on a senior role within the service

Clinical Experience

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

Management and Administration

• 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.

Teaching

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

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
• Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Clinical governance and audit

• 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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£78,573 to £91,903 a yearpro rata per annum