Community Dental Officer

Zest Business Group; Boston; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 72,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Community Dental Officer to join their supportive team in Boston. This part-time role focuses on delivering high-quality NHS dental care to patients with additional needs, free from the pressures of high-street practices. With opportunities for professional development and mandatory training, this position is ideal for dentists early in their careers. Enjoy a well-equipped work environment, occasional travel for meetings, and a range of benefits including paid indemnity insurance and a pension scheme. If you're passionate about patient care and community dentistry, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Paid indemnity insurance

NHS practitioner pension

Annual leave (27-32 days)

Mileage paid for travel

Qualifications

• GDC registered dentist with experience in NHS dental treatment.
• Ability to manage patients with complex needs and provide high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Provide non-UDA NHS dentistry focusing on patients with additional needs.
• Conduct routine adult and paediatric dentistry, including extractions and dentures.

Skills

NHS dentistry

Patient care

Sedation techniques

Complex patient management

Education

GDC registration

Dentist performer number

Job description

Community Dental Officer Jobs in Boston, Lincolnshire. ZEST Dental Recruitment, in partnership with an established dental practice, is seeking to recruit a Community Dental Officer.

Key Details

• Specialty: Community Dentistry
• Position: Dental Officer
• Type: Part-time (3 or 4 days per week)
• Location: Boston, Lincolnshire
• Travel: Occasional travel across Lincolnshire for meetings, training, and cover (mileage paid)
• Domiciliary visits required locally
• Salaried: Band A - £47,653-£71,479 (pro-rata)
• Annual leave: 27-32 days + bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Benefits: Paid indemnity insurance, NHS practitioner pension or personal pension (up to 7%)

Role Overview

This role involves providing non-UDA NHS dentistry for patients with additional needs, focusing on high-quality patient care without the pressures typical of NHS high-street practices. The work includes routine adult and paediatric dentistry, extractions, dentures, and managing patients with complex needs, including anxious patients requiring sedation.

The service offers a supportive environment suitable for dentists new to community dentistry or early in their careers (FD/DCT+1), with opportunities for career progression and professional development, including mandatory inhalation sedation training.

Work Environment

The service operates out of two well-equipped dental surgeries within a medical centre, fully equipped for patients with additional needs (hoist, wheelchair, bariatric bench). Domiciliary care is also provided where appropriate, and occasional travel across the county is required.

Candidate Requirements

• GDC registered dentists
• Active dentist performer number
• Experience providing NHS dental treatment in the UK

Interested candidates can submit their CVs to ZEST Dental for further information. All applications will be handled confidentially.