Dental Officer (Band A): Sponsorship Available

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Special Care and Community Dental Service (CDS) in South and West Cumbria is seeking to recruit a compassionate and motivated individual to come and join our existing team of highly skilled clinicians and support staff providing dental care to our patients.

We are looking for a clinician who makes patient care their first priority and who thrives working with a number of different patient groups. Being able to communicate effectively with both patients and staff is essential as you will be responsible for looking after some of the most vulnerable people in society.

You will be supported to develop skills to deliver the main duties of the post in providing dental care for adult and child patients. You will enjoy the professional support of highly qualified and experienced colleagues, working within well-equipped modern dental clinics and other healthcare facilities.

Main duties of the job

The main role of the Dental Officer is to provide routine dental care to patients referred to, or accessing the Dental Service. Responsibilities of the role include:

  • Providing dental care to patients with specific requirements using behavioural techniques, conscious sedation or general anaesthesia if within competencies.
  • Liaising with a range of social and other health care personnel and agencies to ensure the effective management of and delivery of care to patients with specific requirements.
  • Involved with the delivery of a domiciliary dental service to patients who may require such service.
  • Delivering care, as required, in a variety of locations within the defined localities of Cumbria
  • Providing emergency and urgent care identified through the Dental Direct triage process as required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BDS or equivalent
  • FD obtained or equivalence proved
  • NHSE Performer List number.
  • Registration with General Dental Council (Dentist)

Desirable

  • Post-graduate competency demonstrated or qualification obtained in sedation

Experience

Essential

  • One year post-graduate clinical activity

Desirable

  • Experience of and an understanding of the challenges presented by special care patients.
  • Experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive material
  • Experience of clinical audit
  • Proven experience and competence in routine minor oral surgery.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Structure of local NHS Dental services
  • Legislative framework governing the delivery of oral health care in England
  • Basic Life Support

Desirable

  • Contemporary knowledge of Specialist Society guidelines for clinical care
  • Knowledge of legislation and guidance around process of consent
  • Knowledge of current NHSE commissioning guidance for special care and paediatric dentistry
  • Knowledge of Dentally dental software

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Ability to organise own workload and manage priorities.
  • Expertise in a range of clinical dentistry
  • Good interpersonal skills with citable examples of working as part of a wider dental team.
  • Empathy and understanding towards patients and other staff members.

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience of audit
  • Experience of and an understanding of the challenges presented by special care patients.
  • Training in the use of conscious sedation

Personal Circumstances

Essential

  • Willingness to work with a variety of different patient groups
  • Able to work in different clinical settings throughout a working week.
  • Ability to travel between sites in Cumbria.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Act in a way that supports equality and value diversity.

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: 31 August 2026

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