Senior Restorative Dental Therapist

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Job summary

As a Senior Dental hygienist / therapist within the Restorative dental department you will help lead and deliver the dental related preventative services for the Regional Head & Neck Cancer patients treated within the outpatient department and ward. This will involve care of this patient group before, during and after their cancer treatment. This will include the delivery of pre treatment care to the prescription of the consultants within the department including preventive advice, periodontal treatment, restoration placement and impression taking. As a Senior Dental hygienist / Dental therapist you will lead the Restorative oral health education clinics.

Main duties of the job

You will help provide services for complex multidisciplinary patients requiring care from restorative dentistry working with orthodontic and maxillofacial colleagues in relation to their planning, treatment delivery and maintenance. This will involve treatment of patients with complex hypodontia, adult cleft lip and palate and facial trauma who receive complex restorative dental care and dental implant based rehabilitation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or Diploma in Dental Hygiene & Therapy BSc
  • General Dental Council (GDC) Registration
  • Portfolio of certified /accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas

Desirable

  • Additional relevant post qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Must have at least 4 years post qualifying experience in dentistry.

Desirable

  • Evidence of working with medically compromised patients, children and patients with learning disabilities
  • Experience of treating periodontal patients.
  • Experience of Head and Neck oncology patients

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of confidentiality / data protection act
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal & written
  • Ability to prioritise appropriately and work with minimal supervision

Desirable

  • Computer literate
  • Understanding of policies & procedures
  • Knowledge of hospital / practice computer systems

Aptitudes

Essential

  • Take responsibility & accountability for delivering their agreed objectives
  • Evidence of leadership within a team
  • Organisational experience & forward planning
  • Ability to adapt to change

Desirable

  • Flexibility of working hours

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).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (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).

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

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