Dental Officer

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH); Oldham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Dental Officer to join the Community Dental Service in Oldham. You will work as part of a team with strong nursing support, delivering high-quality dental care to patients unable to access general practice, including those with disabilities and children requiring sedation or anaesthesia.

The role involves working across Greater Manchester sites as required and a base at the Integrated Care Centre in Oldham, with flexible working

Qualifications

• Provision of all aspects of routine dental care
• Experience with sedation and domiciliary care
• Experience in Community Dental Service or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard dental care for patients unable to receive care in general practice, including those with disabilities
• Inhalation sedation and potentially IV sedation or general anaesthesia, including domiciliary care
• Base at the Integrated Care Centre in Oldham and cover other Greater Manchester sites as needed

Skills

Provision of all aspects of routine

Good organisational skills

Ability to manage own workload

Basic I.T. skills

Knowledge of professional standards

Team player in a large group

Electronic dental records system

Knowledge of FP17s, banding & charges

Domiciliary dentistry

Inhalation sedation

Intravenous sedation

Epidemiological fieldwork

Dentally software

Education

Bachelor of Dental Surgery or equivalent

Full registration with the General Dental Council

NHS Performer Number

Appropriate DBS clearance

Certificate/Diploma in conscious sedation or equivalent

Job description

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

Dental Officer

The closing date is 11 December 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic andconscientious dentist with good interpersonal and clinical skills to join theCommunity Dental Service in Oldham. Working as part of a team and withexcellent nursing support, this post will suit a dentist who is committed toproviding a high standard of oral health care.There will be the requirement to work across other clinical sites inGreater Manchester depending on service need.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be part of a team providing ahigh standard of dental care for patients who are unable to receive care in ageneral dental practice environment, including patients with disabilities andchildren requiring inhalation sedation or general anaesthesia. The successful candidate will preferably have current or recentexperience of working in a UK-based salaried primary care dental service.Ideally the candidate should have established and demonstrable skills in theprovision of oral health care for children and adults with special needs. Thecandidate will also ideally have experience of providing dental care undersedation and general anaesthesia, domiciliary dentistry and dentalepidemiological fieldwork. Candidates who have worked in General DentalServices and have an interest in paediatric or special care dentistry will alsobe considered.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Job responsibilities

The post holder will bean essential member of the North West Community Dental Service working as partof a team of clinicians within North Cheshire and Mersey NHS FoundationTrust.

The post involves theprovision of comprehensive routine and specialised dental care to children andadults whose dental needs cannot be fulfilled within General Dental Practice. Thiswill include the provision of inhalation sedation and may also includetreatment under intravenous sedation or general anaesthetic, or on adomiciliary basis.

The base will be at theIntegrated Care Centre in Oldham. The post holder will also be expected to workin different sites across the areas we serve within Greater Manchester basedupon service need.

Please see attached Full Job Description.

Person Specification

Skills & Knowledge

• Provision of all aspects of routine dental care
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to manage own workload
• Basic I.T. skills
• Knowledge of professional standards
• Ability to work as a member of a large team
• Ability to use electronic dental patient records system
• Knowledge of FP17s, treatment banding and patient charges
• Treatment on a domiciliary basis
• Treatment with inhalation sedation
• Treatment with intravenous sedation
• Experience of participation in epidemiological fieldwork
• Use of Dentally software

Experience

• Experience to post VT level
• Providing dental care for children
• Providing dental care for people with disabilities
• Experience of working in Community Dental Service or equivalent

Relationships

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Right to Work

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Job Specific Requirements

• Treatment on a domiciliary basis
• Treatment with inhalation sedation
• Treatment with intravenous sedation
• Experience of participation in epidemiological fieldwork
• Use of Dentally software
• Have you previously left employment with an NHS organisation under a redundancy arrangement, whether compulsory or voluntary, or as part of the MARS Scheme which resulted in a redundancy payment?

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery or equivalent
• Full registration with the General Dental Council
• NHS Performer Number
• Appropriate DBS clearance
• Certificate/ Diploma in conscious sedation or equivalent

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.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)