Associate Dentist

Dentex Health; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dental practice in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks an Associate Dentist to provide high-quality mixed NHS and private care. The role offers the chance to work in a well-established practice, ensuring job security while helping to grow a private patient list. Ideal candidates are those looking for autonomy in their work and support in transitioning from NHS to private dentistry. Full-time and part-time flexible options are available, along with a range of benefits including full clinical freedom and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Full clinical freedom

Access to marketing and business support

Mentoring and CPD

Career flexibility

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS dentistry.
• Interest in private practice growth.
• Desire for clinical autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Provide mixed NHS and private dental care.
• Support and mentor junior staff.
• Manage a private patient list.

Job description

Overview

Associate Dentist – Mixed NHS & Private

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Secure NHS income. Real private growth. A practice that backs you.

If you’re a dentist who wants the stability of NHS work without giving up ambition, this could be exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Our Dental Practices in Newcastle-upon-Tyne are well-established practices, offering a rare opportunity to combine dependable NHS revenue and NHS pension access with the freedom and support to grow a high-quality private patient list.

Whether you’re currently NHS-focused and curious about private dentistry, or already working mixed and wanting to do more, we’ll meet you where you are and help you build forward.

Why Newcastle-upon-Tyne?

• Well-established, respected practices with a loyal NHS and private patient base
• Supportive, experienced clinical and practice teams
• Modern, high-end technology and a well-maintained working environments
• Strong local reputation for patient care and professionalism

Full-time or part-time available with genuinely flexible days and hours.

The Best of Both Worlds

• NHS security – stable income, consistent demand, NHS pension benefits
• Private opportunity – time, support, and marketing to grow private work at your pace
• Clinical autonomy – you decide how you practice

We actively support dentists who want to transition from NHS-heavy to mixed, or develop private dentistry alongside NHS work without pressure.

What You’ll Get with PortmanDentex

Joining one of our practices in Newcastle also means becoming part of PortmanDentex, a group that is both private-focused whilst fully appreciating the value of NHS dentistry.

You’ll benefit from:

• Full clinical freedom Use your preferred materials, labs, equipment, and referral pathways — you remain fully self-employed and clinically independent.
• Private growth support Access to first-class marketing, branding, and business support to help you build private dentistry sustainably and ethically.
• Mentoring & CPD that actually adds value Webinars, hands-on training, mentoring programmes, and learning from international educators, university professors, and published clinicians.
• Clinical Leads who are dentists Practising clinicians who understand real-world dentistry and support you clinically — not managers who’ve never picked up a handpiece.
• Career flexibility Opportunities across the PortmanDentex group, including dual-site working if that suits your lifestyle or career plans.

Who This Role Suits

• NHS dentists looking for security with progression
• Mixed dentists wanting more private opportunity
• Dentists who value support, autonomy, and long-term career sustainability

If you’d like to explore this opportunity in confidence, click Apply, or email Justine at [e-mail]

And if this sounds like someone you know, feel free to share — great practices grow through great people.