Job summary
To provide safe holistic care to patients within the Community Dental Service and work within the teams to improve integrated, high quality service delivery.
- Interview date: Friday 29 August 2025
- 30 hours/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
- Provide full therapy service for patients of all ages who appropriately access Newcastle Community Service for advice or treatment.
- Provide and maintain a high standard of comprehensive dental care
Provide treatment where necessary either as sole treatment or part of a planned course of treatment.
Administrative
- Assess the competency of the dental undergraduate students using their electronic portfolios .
- Refer patients to the dental team to undertake any treatment which the Dental Act does not permit Dental Therapists to carry out, and ensuring appropriate use of skill mix.
- Ensure maintenance of accurate clinical records and respect for patient confidentiality and data protection.
- The post holder will be expected to be able to use all equipment required in the provision of dental care. The department uses a dental software ( sensei cloud) for electronic patient records and the post holder will need to be able to use this software once training is provided.
Research
- Participate in audit projects and clinical governate meetings together with other dentists working in the trust.
- Attend all compulsory health and safely lectures as required by the trust.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
- Freeman Hospital
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
- Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Teaching
- Provide clinical teaching and supervision of undergraduate students who will be providing the following:
- The full scope of practice treatment for patients of all ages who appropriately access community dental service for advice or treatment.
- A full range of dental care for all groups in line with their experience and skill.
- Providing treatment where necessary as sole treatment or part of a planned course of treatment.
Job Purpose
- Highly trained healthcare professional carrying preventive oral health education tasks and clinical treatments within the scope of a dental therapist
- To provide a dental hygiene and therapy service to patients
- To actively promote dental health within the Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust.
- To teach the BSc students theory and practical skills.
- To mentor and counsel, the students.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Teaching
- Provide clinical teaching and supervision of undergraduate students who will be providing the following:
- The full scope of practice treatment for patients of all ages who appropriately access community dental service for advice or treatment.
- A full range of dental care for all groups in line with their experience and skill.
- Providing treatment where necessary as sole treatment or part of a planned course of treatment.
Job Purpose
- Highly trained healthcare professional carrying preventive oral health education tasks and clinical treatments within the scope of a dental therapist
- To provide a dental hygiene and therapy service to patients
- To actively promote dental health within the Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust.
- To teach the BSc students theory and practical skills.
- To mentor and counsel, the students.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Higher Diploma in Dental Hygiene/Dental Therapy or Degree in Oral Health Sciences with significant specialist post qualification experience (Master's level equivalent).
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Active GDC registration as a dental therapist
- Experience of patient management in primary and secondary care settings.
- Up to date with extended duties training and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of treating patients who are anxious or have challenging behaviour
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Ability to use Microsoft office products
- Administration skills
- Teaching skills
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Higher Diploma in Dental Hygiene/Dental Therapy or Degree in Oral Health Sciences with significant specialist post qualification experience (Master's level equivalent).
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Active GDC registration as a dental therapist
- Experience of patient management in primary and secondary care settings.
- Up to date with extended duties training and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of treating patients who are anxious or have challenging behaviour
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Ability to use Microsoft office products
- Administration skills
- Teaching skills
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.
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.
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).
