Dental Therapist – Gloucestershire’s City Campus

Smile Together; Gloucester; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Smile Together seeks a Dental Therapist to deliver NHS stabilisation-focused care and routine hygiene services at Gloucestershire’s City Campus in Gloucester. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to reduce oral health inequalities and plan treatments within NHS pathways.

The role includes paediatric and adult care, radiograph interpretation, and urgent care support. Strong GDC registration and a passion for improving access are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Dental Hygiene and Therapy (Diploma or BSc), or a Dental Hygiene qualification for those applying for a hygiene-only role.
• Current registration with the General Dental Council (without conditions).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a compassionate, patient-centred approach.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A genuine enthusiasm for improving oral health access in Cornwall.

Responsibilities

• Provide NHS stabilisation-focused care, supporting patients with urgent and unmet dental needs through preventive, periodontal, and restorative treatments within scope of practice.
• Deliver routine hygiene services, including scale and polish and non-surgical periodontal therapy, as part of ongoing patient care.
• Work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to reducing oral health inequalities and improving long-term oral health outcomes.
• Undertake comprehensive oral health assessments, including periodontal charting, caries risk assessment, and treatment planning in line with NHS care pathways.
• Provide personalised preventive care and oral hygiene instruction, tailored to individual patient needs and risk factors.
• Apply fluoride varnish and fissure sealants where clinically appropriate.
• Carry out paediatric preventive and restorative dentistry, including stainless steel crowns on primary teeth (Hall technique where appropriate).
• Extract primary teeth where clinically indicated and within scope.
• Provide direct-access assessments, hygiene, periodontal treatments, and restorations for adults, in line with GDC scope of practice and NHS contract requirements.
• Take and interpret radiographs within scope and local protocols.
• Provide elements of urgent and stabilisation care, including temporary dressings, re-cementing crowns, and supporting emergency appointments as required.
• Work within agreed NHS contractual and governance arrangements, with administrative and clinical support to ensure appropriate claim submission and record-keeping.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Patient-centred care

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Education

Diploma/Dental Hygiene & Therapy

GDC registration (current)

Job description

Dental Therapist – Gloucestershire’s City Campus

Location:

Gloucestershire’s City Campus, alongside the three counties dental school

Day Rate from £250

Be part of something new, modern, and genuinely exciting.

Join Smile Together as we continue to grow in Gloucester! Following the opening of Quayside Dental Centre in July 2026, we’re preparing to open our second dental practice in the city, a brand-new, purpose-built clinic at Gloucestershire’s City Campus, anticipated to open in early 2027.

If you’re passionate about modern, ethical dentistry and want to be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and people, this is a rare opportunity to get involved at the very start — and make a genuine impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide NHS stabilisation-focused care, supporting patients with urgent and unmet dental needs through preventive, periodontal, and restorative treatments within scope of practice.
• Deliver routine hygiene services, including scale and polish and non-surgical periodontal therapy, as part of ongoing patient care.
• Work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to reducing oral health inequalities and improving long-term oral health outcomes.
• Undertake comprehensive oral health assessments, including periodontal charting, caries risk assessment, and treatment planning in line with NHS care pathways.
• Provide personalised preventive care and oral hygiene instruction, tailored to individual patient needs and
  risk factors.
• Apply fluoride varnish and fissure sealants where clinically appropriate.
• Carry out paediatric preventive and restorative dentistry, including stainless steel crowns on primary teeth (Hall technique where appropriate).
• Extract primary teeth where clinically indicated and within scope.
• Provide direct-access assessments, hygiene, periodontal treatments, and restorations for adults, in line with GDC scope of practice and NHS contract requirements.
• Take and interpret radiographs within scope and local protocols.
• Provide elements of urgent and stabilisation care, including temporary dressings, re-cementing crowns, and supporting emergency appointments as required.
• Work within agreed NHS contractual and governance arrangements, with administrative and clinical support to ensure appropriate claim submission and record-keeping.

What You’ll Bring

• Recognised qualification in Dental Hygiene and Therapy (Diploma or BSc), or a Dental Hygiene qualification for those applying for a hygiene-only role.
• Current registration with the General Dental Council (without conditions).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a compassionate, patient-centred approach.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A genuine enthusiasm for improving oral health access in Cornwall.

Associate Roles:

• Day Rate from £250
• Stabilisation: up to 7 patients per session (14 per day with flexibility based on treatment requirements)
• Private hygiene services – following services being established
• Balanced clinical mix: Private, NHS (stabilisation)
• Clinical freedom with full admin and nursing support

*Conditions apply.

You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have the right to work in the UK as we do not offer sponsorship
and that you are able to commute to the place of work.