Dental Therapist

Sheffield-Teaching-Hospitals-Nhs-Foundation-Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Dental Therapist to join the Special Care Dentistry team in Sheffield. The role involves delivering clinical therapy to adults and children referred to special care services, with liaison across CCDS and other hospitals to ensure efficient service delivery.

The post requires a postgraduate diploma in Dental Therapy, current GDC registration, and a commitment to inhalation sedation training.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma in Dental Therapy or equivalent.
• Current GDC Registration is required.
• Post Certificate Qualification in Inhalation Sedation or commitment to undertake on start.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a broad range of clinical dental therapy procedures in both clinic and domiciliary settings.
• Provide periodontal and restorative treatment within scope of practice as per GDC guidance.
• Assess and counsel patients on oral care and prevention techniques; support those with dental anxiety.

Skills

Direct Access experience

Inhalation Sedation knowledge

Dental health education

Audit and clinical governance

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Postgraduate diploma in Dental Therapy or equivalent

Current GDC Registration

Post Certificate Qualification in Inhalation Sedation

Job description

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Wheata Dental Clinic Town Sheffield Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 02/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 17/09/2026

Dental Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

To work as part of the Special Care Dentistry team providing specialised dental therapy treatment and advice to patients who have been referred to adult and paediatric special care services.

This will involve liaison with other clinicians and colleagues within Charles Clifford Dental Services (CCDS) and other hospitals to help ensure delivery of an efficient service to all patients.

Main duties of the job

To deliver skilled performance on a broad range of clinical activities in a clinical setting and on a domiciliary basis. Work will in most cases be complex in nature and include the following patient groups:

• medically, severely medically compromised patients
• terminally ill patients
• patients with severe physical disability
• patients with profound learning disability/behavioural problems
• frail elderly with polypharmacy complications
• patients with dental anxiety requiring treatment with inhalation sedation.

To be able to work independently within the remit of 'direct access'; working within the scope of practice, as per the General Dental Council Scope of Practice guidance, conducting all forms of periodontal and restorative treatment.

Assess and counsel patients on detailed oral care, specific prevention techniques (smoking cessation, diet, xerostomia) and provide periodontal and restorative treatment relevant to the patient’s level of understanding and compliance.

Working for our organisation

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 & Special Care Dentistry is a clinical department within Charles Clifford Dental Services which is a part of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The service comprises of Special Care Dentistry for children and adults; these are two discrete services, both recognised as separate dental specialties by the General Dental Council.

Services are provided from 4 clinics located throughout the city, including special care dentistry, paediatric dentistry and outreach teaching. Clinical facilities also include surgeries in special schools and the Cathedral Homeless Project.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma in Dental Therapy or equivalent
• Current GDC Registration
• Post Certificate Qualification in Inhalation Sedation (or commitment to undertake on commencement of post)

Experience

• Relevant technical and specialised experience within the area of special care dentistry
• Relevant knowledge of clinical complications for this care group
• Relevant experience of dental health education
• Participation in audit and clinical governance programmes
• Experience of working within remit of Direct Access
• Provision of care in a domiciliary setting
• Management of a range of patients with specialised requirements
• Experience of delivering care under inhalation sedation
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

Skills & Knowledge

• Relevant knowledge of clinical complications for this care group
• Relevant technical and specialised experience within the area of special care dentistry
• Relevant experience of dental health education
• Awareness of different needs of people from differing social and cultural backgrounds, including those with disabilities.
• Knowledge of ethical and legal responsibilities regarding consent, including where the patient does not have capacity to provide this
• Provision of care in a domiciliary setting
• Management of a range of patients with specialised requirements
• Immediate Life Support
• Training in Inhalation Sedation
• Clinical Holding Training
• Understanding the role of the Community and Special Care Dental Services

Personal Qualities

• Able to demonstrate time management skills including the ability to work unsupervised.
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to deal with sensitive information and respect confidentiality – in dental and multidisciplinary situations
• Must hold a full valid UK driving license and have access to own transport (or suitable alternative means of transport)
• Must be able to demonstrate experience or capability of: Team working;
• Self-motivation;
• Flexible and adaptable;
• Adaptable in difficult and challenging circumstances.
• Able to cope with challenging, emotional and confrontational situations
• Able to demonstrate leadership qualities or experience
• Understanding the role of the Community and Special Care Dental Services

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

Name Annette Nuttall Job title Community Dental Clinical Operations Manager Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 0114 3078571