George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Dental Therapist in Community Dentistry - Coventry Based

The closing date is 19 April 2026

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Dental Therapist in Community Dentistry - Coventry Based

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum

Closing Date: 19th April 2026

Interview Date: 7th May 2026

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.**

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

#JoinTeamEliot

We have an exciting opportunity to join the friendly, highly motivated Coventry Community Dental Service (CCDS) based in the City of Coventry Health Centre, working across Coventry & Warwickshire. We require an enthusiastic and conscientious clinician to join our professional and supportive team of Dentists, Dental Therapists and Dental Nurses to provide patient focused community dentistry for people with more complex needs and conditions.

The service also comprises an Oral Health Improvement team, a domiciliary service and provides regular GA sessions at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire

The challenging and rewarding work of community dentistry spans a wide range of services in which there will be ample opportunity for involvement, providing opportunities to practice clinical facets of special care and paediatric dentistry, including provision of treatment under sedation.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver dental treatment working to a written treatment prescription in a clinical situation for people who have complex needs, preventing them from being appropriate to care in General Dental Practice setting.

  • Direct access, opening and closing courses of treatment as well as skill mixed clinics where the therapist will be sharing care leading to improved efficiency and productivity and reduced costs.

  • Ability to work on own initiative, including being confident in the delivery of dental care using complex techniques to meet the needs of the patients - often with complex and specific needs.

  • Perform fillings in deciduous and permanent teeth selecting appropriate materials using high speed equipment, completely following dental procedures.

  • Administration of local anaesthesia, both infiltration and nerve block anaesthesia.

  • Providing treatment under inhalation sedation with Nitrous Oxide.

  • Undertaking extraction of deciduous teeth.

  • Undertaking root canal treatment on deciduous teeth.

  • Application of preventive agents.

  • Creating impressions.

  • Taking Radiographs.

  • Replacing lost crowns.

  • Placement of pre-formed crowns on deciduous teeth.

  • Periodontal treatment and root debridement.

  • To be responsible for own time-management in both clinical and training obligations to fulfil demands of the service.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Details

Date posted

05 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

230-50218278-SURG-D

Job locations

City of Coventry Health Centre

2 Stoney Stanton Road

Coventry

CV1 4FS


Job description

Job responsibilities

We have a substantive post based on 37.5 hours working week - this is expected to comprise a clinical caseload dedicated to providing high quality specialised dental care in a compassionate environment to patients who may exhibit learning difficulties, phobias, and challenging behaviour.

To specialise in dentistry for people with complex additional needs, without direct supervision, who have been assessed as appropriate to access to Special Care Dental Service. This dentistry incorporates invasive and irreversible treatment and preventative procedures within the remit of an Oral Health Practitioner (Therapist) as laid down by The General Dental Council (GDC).

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

For further information please contact Julie Dale - Clinical Lead for Community Dental Service, or Louise Burden - Operational Lead.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have a substantive post based on 37.5 hours working week - this is expected to comprise a clinical caseload dedicated to providing high quality specialised dental care in a compassionate environment to patients who may exhibit learning difficulties, phobias, and challenging behaviour.

To specialise in dentistry for people with complex additional needs, without direct supervision, who have been assessed as appropriate to access to Special Care Dental Service. This dentistry incorporates invasive and irreversible treatment and preventative procedures within the remit of an Oral Health Practitioner (Therapist) as laid down by The General Dental Council (GDC).

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

For further information please contact Julie Dale - Clinical Lead for Community Dental Service, or Louise Burden - Operational Lead.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Dental therapy Diploma / BSc
  • Dental inhalation sedation
  • Current GDC registration

Experience

Essential

  • Broad base of clinical experience

Desirable

  • Community Dental Service experience

Other

Essential

  • Possess current UK driving licence and own transport
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Dental therapy Diploma / BSc
  • Dental inhalation sedation
  • Current GDC registration

Experience

Essential

  • Broad base of clinical experience

Desirable

  • Community Dental Service experience

Other

Essential

  • Possess current UK driving licence and own transport

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

City of Coventry Health Centre

2 Stoney Stanton Road

Coventry

CV1 4FS


Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

City of Coventry Health Centre

2 Stoney Stanton Road

Coventry

CV1 4FS


Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Dental Service Clinical Lead

Julie Dale

julie.dale@geh.nhs.uk

02476280425

Details

Date posted

05 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

230-50218278-SURG-D

Job locations

City of Coventry Health Centre

2 Stoney Stanton Road

Coventry

CV1 4FS


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