Oral Health Improvement Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Manchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization is seeking an Oral Health Improvement Practitioner to enhance dental health among various populations in Manchester. Responsibilities include reducing health inequalities, delivering training, and collaborating with health services. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field and experience in oral health promotion. The position offers a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Significant knowledge and experience in dental care or oral health promotion.
• Ability to communicate complex information effectively.
• Experience in admin procedures, project management, and information analysis.

Responsibilities

• Reduce oral health inequality in Manchester.
• Integrate oral health promotion into health policies.
• Deliver training courses in oral health.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Training skills

Education

Degree in related field or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Oral Health Improvement Practitioner

The closing date is 29 August 2025

Based within the Oral Health Improvement Team, the successful applicant will be responsible for participating with the planning, quality assurance, delivery, training and evaluation of the Supervised Toothbrushing Project, and other oral health improvement programmes within the agreed service specification.

The successful applicant should have good organisational, social and communication skills and patience to influence clinical and non-clinical teams and a variety of other groups. You should also have a full understanding of the current evidence base of prevention and oral health improvement, health promotion models and an awareness of the needs of a multi-racial, multi-cultural, socially diverse society. A post-qualification is desirable.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of the role it to:-

o Reduce oral health and social inequality across Manchester

o Improve the oral health status of the 0-19 age population residing in Manchester.

o Integrate and embed oral health promotion into the agenda's and policies of Health, Social Care, Sure Start, Schools and Early Years settings across Manchester.

o Improve or maintain the oral health of older and vulnerable people residing in nursing, residential and care settings.

o Deliver programmes in-line with the service specification across Manchester.

o Facilitate and deliver training courses in own area of expertise

o Collaborate and work in partnership, developing and strengthening professional working relationships to improve health outcomes.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Essential and desirable

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Significant Knowledge and experience of working in dental care or oral health promotion
• Experience of using a range of Microsoft Office applications, including word, power point and excel.
• Able to communicate complex information requiring developed interpersonal skills oral / written skills
• Experience of carrying out admin procedures, project management and information analysis
• Experience of training and facilitation skills
• Passionate about improving health and developing colleagues knowledge and skills

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 an hourdependent on experience and previous NHS employment