Principal Dentist

PortmanDentex; Fleet; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Guaranteed CL salary

Job summary

PortmanDentex's Heath Dental Suite in Fleet invites a practising Principal Dentist / PCL to join our established team. The role blends a employed Clinical Lead position with a self-employed clinical capacity, offering leadership, clinical autonomy and the chance to grow the business and patient experience.

You will work Monday to Thursday 8am-5pm, lead clinical standards, mentor colleagues, and collaborate with the Practice Manager to drive performance while maintaining a supportive,

Qualifications

• Be a practising clinician with broad clinical experience.
• Interested in the commercial and leadership side of dentistry.
• Willing to mentor others and contribute as a cultural ambassador.

Responsibilities

• Act as a clinical leadership figure in the practice alongside the Practice Manager, with the ability to influence the direction of the practice.
• Provide clinical focus and maintaining clinical standards.
• Define the practice ambition and strategy with our support.
• Mentor others and give them a clinical voice.
• Act as a cultural ambassador for the Portman Group as well as the practice.
• Provide a positive influence to all practice colleagues to support engagement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Leadership development

Mentoring

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Job description

Job Description

We are delighted to announce a new vacancy for a Principal Dentist / PCLto join the team at our highly established and well respectedHeath Dental Suite, Fleet.

Our practice has afantastic team of clinicians and support colleagues providing high quality general dentistry to a loyal, long established patient base.

We can offer:

• Monday to Thursday 8am - 5pm
• Employed Clinical Lead Role
• Surgery space on across the week with flexibility on days & hours for your self-employed clinical role and space to work on the business in the PCL role.
• Excellent earning potential in both roles
• Full Clinical Freedom
• Patient care and the patient experience is our top priority, the team work together to offer a holistic approach
• We are proud of our consistently high NPS scores
• A busy practice with high local demand
• Excellent opportunity to take on a Clinical Lead role within the practice

About the Principal Dentist / PCL Opportunity

Our vision for each practice is for it to be led in partnership by two critical roles:

• A high performing Practice Manager (PM) who focuses on financial, operational and people leadership and
• APractice Clinical Leadwho focuses on the clinical leadership of the practice, how clinical factors directly impact the performance and direction of the practice and who works with the Practice Manager.

We recently introduced thePractice Clinical Leadrole into a number of our practices, to help us emulate the leadership that is lost when former practice owners either leave their practices or look to focus on wider interests. We’ve seen some impressive results from our first 35PCLs, many of whom feel they have embarked on a whole new dentistry adventure through this opportunity. Consequently, we are now recruiting newPractice Clinical Leadsto help us achieve this same success across more of our practices.

The Practice Manager andPractice Clinical Leadwork together as the practice leadership team to lead the practice and make it as efficient and successful as possible, while being a great place for colleagues to work and clinicians to practice and deliver high levels of clinical care.

This really is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the commercial and leadership aspects of an ambitious and high growth business, in an environment that will provide you with the support and development you need in order to achieve your potential.

Your key, high-level responsibilities as PCL will be to:

• Act as a clinical leadership figure in the practice alongside the Practice Manager, with the ability to influence the direction of the practice.
• Provide clinical focus and maintaining clinical standards.
• With our support, define the practice ambition and strategy.
• Mentor others and give them a clinical voice.
• Act as a cultural ambassador for the Portman Group as well as the practice.
• Provide a positive influence to all practice colleagues to support engagement.

About You

• Are a practising clinician with broad clinical experience, looking for an additional challenge and adventure in dentistry.
• Have a keen interest in the commercial and leadership side of dentistry and want to learn more in a supportive environment.
• Are excited by and want to positively influence and provide leadership.
• Are looking to further develop your career.
• Are a good relationship builder and collaborator, with a rational and balanced approach.
• Have the ability to navigate relationships and gain the respect of peers.
• Are credible, respected and hold yourself to high ethical standards.

What’s in it for you:

• An opportunity to gain exposure to the commercial and leadership aspects of dentistry with support and development to help you realise your potential.
• Experience of working for a small part of your week in a employed role for a leading dental provider. This role will be distinct and separate from any Associate Dentist Agreement.
• A guaranteed monthly salary for the duties carried out asPractice Clinical Lead.
• And be rewarded with a share of the practice profit with no personal investment required.

Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect and are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, disability, age, or nationality.