Principal Lead Dentist

Henry Schein; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare company in Surrey seeks an experienced Principal Lead Dentist to provide clinical leadership and ensure quality patient care. Candidates should have over 4 years of NHS experience, full GDC registration, and leadership skills. This full-time position involves working within a multidisciplinary team focused on high standards of care and continuous improvement. Embrace this opportunity for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of post-qualification NHS experience.
• Full GDC registration and active NHS performer number.
• Knowledge of CQC, GDC, NHS, and Governance Frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership ensuring safe, effective, and prevention-led care.
• Lead the clinical and professional agenda.
• Deliver integrated leadership across clinical, operational, and governance domains.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical excellence

Digital systems

Mentoring

Understanding of CQC and GDC

Education

BDS or equivalent

Tools

Dental management software

Job description

Principal Lead Dentist – Surrey

A new opportunity has become available for a Principal Lead Dentist to join a group located in Surrey.

The Principal Lead Dentist will provide clinical leadership within the practice, ensuring safe, effective, and prevention-led care in alignment with the company’s model.

Leading the clinical and professional agenda, working as part of the triad-plus leadership team (Practice Manager, Senior Therapist, Senior Dental Nurse).

Together you will deliver integrated leadership across clinical, operational and governance domains, assuring safety, quality, and accountability to Clinical Director.

Role Summary

Title – Principal Dentist

Location – Surrey

Salary – Salaried

Contract – Permanent, full time, 40 hours (Including some evenings/weekends)

Clinical Commitment – 90%

About you

You will be an experienced and values-driven dentist who combines clinical excellence with genuine leadership. You bring a strong foundation of or mixed-practice experience (4 years+ post qualification), with full GDC registration and an active NHS performer number.

You are confident providing comprehensive general and restorative dentistry, with a sound knowledge of CQC, GDC and HTM01-05 frameworks. You approach patient care with empathy, precision, and prevention-first thinking, ensuring that every intervention counts.

Leadership comes naturally to you. You’ve mentored colleagues, supported junior clinicians, or contributed to audits, governance, or service improvement. You are collaborative, ethical, resilient under pressure and you thrive in multidisciplinary environment.

You are digitally literate, comfortable using dental management software, and open to data-driven quality improvement. You value reflective practice, continuous learning and team development.

Desirable experience might include postgraduate clinical or leadership training, work within mulit-site or corporate settings, or involvement in quality improvement, education or ICs collaboration.

Person Specification

Essential

• BDS or equivalent; GDC registration; NHS Performer Number.
• 4 years + post qualification NHS experience; leadership & mentoring.
• CQC, GDC, NHS and Governance Frameworks Knowledge.
• Clinical Leadership, communication, mentoring and digital systems skills.
• Attributes – Ethical, Resilient, Reflective, Collaborative.

Desirable

• Postgraduate Qualification
• Corporate or Multi-site Experience
• Urgent Care / NHS 111 pathways
• Education or coaching experience