Senior Dental Officer

North Cheshire And Mersey Nhs Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 99,000; Part time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dentist to lead the Community Dental Service in Oldham, reporting to the Clinical Director and working with the Dental Nurse Team Manager. The role includes leadership across sites and providing high-quality care to patients with special needs.

The post focuses on children and adults unable to access general dental practice, with flexible working options and collaboration with senior colleagues to drive improvements and ensure

Qualifications

• Must have BDS or equivalent and full GDC registration.
• NHS Performer number and DBS clearance required.
• Experience in salaried primary dental care and leadership of teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Community Dental Service team and work with Clinical Director and Head of Operations to ensure high-quality care.
• Provide care to children and adults with special needs and those requiring sedation or GA.
• Lead across multiple clinical sites as service needs dictate and drive service improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Self-motivated

Flexibility

Education

BDS or equivalent

Full GDC registration

NHS Performer number

DBS clearance

Tools

Dentally software

Job description

Job summary

*** Please note this post is internal to North Cheshire and Mersey employees ***

We are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious dentist with good interpersonal and clinical skills to support leadership of the Community Dental Service in Oldham. The successful applicant will work closely with the existing Senior Dental Officer, Clinical Director and Dental Nurse Team Manager to lead a team, which includes dentists on a core training pathway, in a busy clinic. There will be the requirement to work across other clinical sites in Greater Manchester depending on service need.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will help to lead a team providing a high standard of dental care for patients who are unable to receive care in a general dental practice environment, including patients with disabilities and children requiring inhalation sedation or general anaesthesia. Applicants should have current or recent experience of working in a UK-based salaried primary care dental service and should have established and demonstrable skills in the provision of oral health care for children and adults with special needs. Applicants should also ideally have wide range of experience, which may include providing dental care under sedation and general anaesthesia, domiciliary dentistry and dental epidemiological fieldwork. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their leadership skills through reflection on previous experience.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Details

Date posted: 21 October 2026

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £84,781 to £99,163 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9835-DEN26-119

Job locations: Integrated Care Centre, New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, OL1 1NL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be an essential member of the Community Dental Service taking on a leadership and team building role. They will work as part of a team of clinicians within the North West Community Dental Service of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. They will work closely with the Clinical Director, the Specialist in Special Care Dentistry, the Clinical Lead and the Head of Operations to ensure that service users receive high quality care in a timely manner and that this care will be free from stigma, discrimination or harm.

They will be expected to be a visible and responsive leader setting the standards for others to follow and to be engaged in service improvement.

Clinically the post involves the provision of comprehensive routine and specialised dental care to children and adults whose dental needs cannot be fulfilled within General Dental Services.

The post is based within the areas we serve within Greater Manchester and the location of work will be based upon service need.

Full Job Description attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant and demonstrable post qualification experience of treating both adult special care patients and paediatric patients
• Experience of working with a wide range of patient groups
• Line management experience
• Able to demonstrate relevant experience in Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance and Audit
• Participation in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of working in Salaried Primary Dental Care Service (Community Dental Service) or equivalent

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
• The ability to work independently
• Can demonstrate the competencies of a Band B dentist

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Provision of all aspects of routine dental care
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Leadership and organisational skills to aid team development and an ability to motivate other staff
• Good time management skills
• Self-motivated

Desirable

• Treatment using inhalation sedation
• Treatment using intravenous sedation
• Treatment under general anaesthetic
• Treatment on a domiciliary basis
• Participation in epidemiological fieldwork
• Use of Dentally software

Qualifications

Essential

• BDS or equivalent
• Full GDC registration
• NHS Performer number
• Appropriate DBS clearance
• Meets professional health requirements and is fit to carry out the duties of the post after reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 have been made

Desirable

• Certificate / Diploma in conscious sedation or equivalent
• Relevant postgraduate qualification

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

Address: Integrated Care Centre, New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, OL1 1NL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Samantha Carr, [e-mail]

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