Dental Officer

NHS; Havant; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training budget for CPD

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Dental Officer for the Special Care Dental Service in the Portsmouth area. The post offers a varied caseload, with opportunities to upskill in conscious sedation and domiciliary dentistry, and access to a dedicated training budget.

The role involves treating adults and children with disabilities or complex needs, and contributing to a team of dental professionals within a modern trust environment.

Qualifications

• Current full Registration as Dental Surgeon with General Dental Council.
• Foundation Training / equivalence and current Performers List number.
• BDS (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Work with adults and children in Special Care and Paediatric Dentistry.
• Care for patients with disabilities or complex needs.
• Opportunity to upskill in conscious sedation and domiciliary dentistry.

Skills

Organisation of clinics

Commitment to CPD

Education

Current full Registration as Dental Surgeon with GDC

Foundation (Vocational) Training / equivalence and Performers List number

BDS (or equivalent)

Tools

R4 or similar

Word processing

Spreadsheet

Database programs

Job description

Dental Officer

The closing date is 10 August 2026

Whether you are a Dentist in general practice or Special Care, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are offering you a fantastic package to join our Special Care and Paediatric Service within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are invested in you, helping you develop your skills to be the professional you want to be! The Special Care Dental Service provides preventive care and dental treatment to children and adults with additional needs who cannot receive care in a general dental setting. Ideally you will have experience of working with people with learning disabilities but don't worry if not, we will need you to be adaptable and compassionate to support our patients.

We currently have a vacancy at our Special Care Dental Clinics located in the Portsmouth area and can offer an immediate start to join a team of likeminded dental professionals. At Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust we provide the best for our teams and patients with established surgeries and state of the art equipment and the use of theatre space in local hospitals. We will offer you a varied caseload where every day brings new challenges with excellent opportunities to upskill in topics such as conscious sedation and domiciliary dentistry, and access to a training budget to maintain your personal development.

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference with appointment times to enable quality dentistry, a career with us may be just what you're looking for!

Main duties of the job

Working with adults and children with a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, social impairment or disability and those who require specialist occasional care due to medical, physical or behavioural difficulties.

It also includes care for children with extensive oral disease, those with developmental disorders of the teeth and mouth and children who are anxious or too young to accept routine dental treatment if required.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications

• Current full Registration as Dental Surgeon with General Dental Council
• Foundation (Vocational) Training / equivalence and current Performers List number
• BDS (or equivalent)

Experience

• Experience of organising and running clinics and supervising support staff.
• Evidence of commitment to continuous professional development and currency within GDC requirements.
• Experience of dental software (R4 or similar)
• Experience in use of word processing, spreadsheet and database programmes
• Previous experience in Salaried Dental Services and NHS dentistry

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust