Dental Officer | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Cheshunt; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Dental Officer for a 12-month fixed-term position. The role involves providing care to patients with special needs in a supportive environment. You will work in modern facilities delivering routine clinical and domiciliary care. Ideal candidates will have a valid driving licence and work experience with special care patients. This position offers the opportunity to develop into a permanent role.

Benefits

Award-winning care team

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for development

Qualifications

• Must hold a full, valid driving licence and have access to a car for regular business use.
• Experience in clinical and domiciliary care is essential.
• Ability to work with patients with varying needs, including those requiring sedation.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine clinical and domiciliary care for special care patients.
• Deliver oral health care to priority groups.
• Work in newly refurbished clinics with excellent facilities.

Skills

Full, valid driving licence

Ability to provide sedation and general anaesthesia

Experience with special care patients

Job description

Job Summary

A 12‑month fixed‑term position for a Dental Officer working in an award‑winning special care community dental service.

Are you looking for a rewarding post within an outstanding dental team caring for patients of all ages who have special needs?

Are you a dedicated and skilled professional hoping for a position that provides interest, variety and strong support? If so the award‑winning Hertfordshire Community Trust's Special Care Dental Service may be the organisation for you.

Responsibilities

This fixed‑term post will include routine clinical and domiciliary care, with the view to develop into a permanent position. Your patients will include children, young people and adults who require special care due to possible learning and physical disabilities, mental health problems or medical conditions, as well as anxious children aged 6 and under. The service prides itself on providing outstanding quality care, including treatment under inhalation and IV sedation as well as general anaesthetic.

The post holder will be based at the newly refurbished dental clinic at Cheshunt Community Hospital, which offers excellent sedation facilities and a sensory room for patients. There is also an exciting opportunity for a position within a brand new dental surgery at our Nevell's Road, Letchworth clinic, providing rewarding work for complex special‑care patients in an area of high deprivation.

We will consider full‑time or part‑time work with a minimum of 30 hours per week. This is a 12‑month fixed‑term role, with the view to make it permanent.

The role involves the provision of oral health care to priority groups including people with learning disabilities, physical difficulties/disabilities, mental health problems, medically compromised, homeless patients and any other priority groups agreed with the commissioners.

Services provided include sedation and general anaesthesia, domiciliary care and the provision of oral health care.

Qualifications

You must hold a full, valid driving licence and have access to a car for regular business use (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Benefits

Hertfordshire Special Care Dental Service was awarded Outstanding in their last CQC inspection and, together with the HCT communications team, won the NHS Elect national award for exemplary patient experience in 2019. Our staff are proud to be innovative, caring and agile, and we welcome diversity from all backgrounds.

Application Information

The interview is scheduled for 15‑Dec‑2025. This advert closes on Saturday 29 Nov 2025. Please apply as soon as possible, as high interest may result in an earlier closure.