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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Oral Health Practitioner

The closing date is 20 January 2026

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Job summary

Oral Health Promotion is a commissioned service from Derbyshire County Council and sits within the Children's Specialist Service within Derbyshire Community Health Services Trust.

The role of the oral health improvement practitioner is to implement local oral health improvement strategies by providing a range of activities to specific population groups with identified oral health needs across Derbyshire County and for this role Derby City. It will broaden the scope of oral health promotion in the wider community by working in collaborative partnerships across sectors, agencies, and organizations in the development of oral health initiatives.

Oral Health Promotion is a commissioned service from Derbyshire County Council and sits within the Children's Specialist Service within Derbyshire Community Health Services Trust. The focus of this role will be in the planning, delivery, maintenance and evaluation of a new Supervised Toothbrushing Programme City Smiles (Smile4Life) for 3 to 5 year olds in early years settings across all Derby City Localities - including nurseries and primary schools. The base for this role will be at Walton hospital, there is scope for some agile work within this role.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be primarily to lead in the implementation of the Government manifesto promise to reduce tooth decay and improve oral health outcomes by delivering a new City Smiles (Smile4lIfe) Supervised Toothbrushing Programme in up to 102 Early Years settings, travelling from our base at Walton Hospital to the settings all in Derby City.

This will include signing up settings to take part in the City Smiles (Smile4Life) toothbrushing programme. Training staff. Collecting stock from a holding hub then delivering and maintaining the stock at each setting. Additionally managing the quality assurance and ongoing support for each setting to ensure robust delivery of the programme.

Engage with the community at occasional events to promote the service and offer brief intervention support to clients and staff.

To produce expanded public information using a variety of presentation formats and experience of using digital platforms eg, MS TEAMS.

About us

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals, and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in peoples own homes and via virtual consultations.

Details

Date posted

06 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pa

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

842-SCS-6049-25-A

Job locations

Walton Hospital

Chesterfield

S40 3HW


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

Person Specification

Skills & attributes

Essential

  • Use of MS Office applications
  • Excellent social communication skills with all age groups across diverse groups of the population
  • Planning and preparation of appropriate resources for training/presentations
  • Adaptable, flexible and comfortable working with change

Desirable

  • Ability to influence/motivate change within specific population groups

Appitude & personal qualities

Essential

  • Ability to work on own and as part of a team
  • Multi tasking and flexible approach to working
  • Non judgemental and good listening skills

meets job and person spec

Essential

  • application and interview

Desirable

  • application and interview

Education, qualification & training

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • PTTLLS qualification or relevant teaching/training experience

Desirable

  • Public health/oral health qualification
  • Professions Complimentary to Dentistry

Knowledge & experience

Essential

  • Oral health issues and government initiatives
  • Understanding of national/local strategies in relation to oral health
  • Experience of teaching both small and large groups
  • Knowldege of determinant of health and inequalities/disparities

Desirable

  • Experience of working with vulnerable children
Person Specification

Skills & attributes

Essential

  • Use of MS Office applications
  • Excellent social communication skills with all age groups across diverse groups of the population
  • Planning and preparation of appropriate resources for training/presentations
  • Adaptable, flexible and comfortable working with change

Desirable

  • Ability to influence/motivate change within specific population groups

Appitude & personal qualities

Essential

  • Ability to work on own and as part of a team
  • Multi tasking and flexible approach to working
  • Non judgemental and good listening skills

meets job and person spec

Essential

  • application and interview

Desirable

  • application and interview

Education, qualification & training

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • PTTLLS qualification or relevant teaching/training experience

Desirable

  • Public health/oral health qualification
  • Professions Complimentary to Dentistry

Knowledge & experience

Essential

  • Oral health issues and government initiatives
  • Understanding of national/local strategies in relation to oral health
  • Experience of teaching both small and large groups
  • Knowldege of determinant of health and inequalities/disparities

Desirable

  • Experience of working with vulnerable children

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Address

Walton Hospital

Chesterfield

S40 3HW


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Address

Walton Hospital

Chesterfield

S40 3HW


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Oral Health Improvement Lead

Julie Upton

julie.upton@nhs.net

07557166108

Details

Date posted

06 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pa

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

842-SCS-6049-25-A

Job locations

Walton Hospital

Chesterfield

S40 3HW


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