Salaried General Dental Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 15 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity to join an award winning Salaried Dental Team, working in a well-equipped Dental Practice located in the Spa town of Cheltenham.

Modern surgeries:with quality equipment and materials, including Biodentine and Rotary Endodontics and access to OPG’s.

Motivated Supportive team: Springbank Dental Clinic benefits from a Lead Dental Nurse who is present on site every day, supported by a Senior Lead Clinician. The post holder will also be supported by the wider specialist Community Dental Service.

Career Development:Funded internal and external mandatory training to maintain your CPD. A dedicated study budget to allow for career development. Whilst having clinical independence the post involves regular interaction with the Specialist dental service at training events, peer review sessions, audit and team meetings.

Financial benefits: Salaried post that is not subject to UDA targets, no lab bills and uniform is provided. Post holder will benefit from an NHS pension and paid annual leave.

Looking after you: sick pay, occupational health support and advice including counselling, vaccinations, stress control and resilience, physio and psychological support.

Main duties of the job

This unique role combines the delivery of evidence based general dental care, as well as a special focus on improving the oral health of children.

The post holder will be expected to provide a full range of NHS dental treatment and preventative care to patients at Springbank Dental Clinic.

To provide dental services as agreed with the Clinical Director, to support service responsibility in delivering essential standards of quality and safety that meet the requirements of the Care Quality Commission.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GDC Registration
  • Performer Number

Experience

Essential

  • Completion of Vocational Training Programme
  • Understanding and evidence of participation in clinical audit

Desirable

  • Experience of providing NHS dental treatment within GDS
  • Experience of using an electronic patient record system

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: 30 September 2026

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