Salaried General Dental Practitioner

Gloucestershire Health and Care; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Cheltenham is seeking a part-time Salaried General Dental Practitioner to join their award-winning Dental Team. This role offers flexibility, modern equipment, and continuous support for professional development. Ideal candidates will have a dental qualification and experience in NHS dental care. You will focus on both general dental treatment and improving children's oral health. This position includes benefits like NHS pension, paid leave, and on-site parking.

Benefits

NHS pension

Paid annual leave

Free onsite parking

Sick pay

Career development budget

Qualifications

• Evidence-based practice in general dental care.
• Experience in providing NHS dental treatment.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of NHS dental treatment to patients.
• Improve oral health of children through effective care.
• Ensure compliance with Care Quality Commission standards.

Skills

General Dental Care

Preventative Care

Team Collaboration

Education

Dental qualification

Job description

Join to apply for the Salaried General Dental Practitioner role at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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.

• Work/life balance: Working hours 08.30-17.00, with protected admin time and free onsite parking.
• 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.

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.

Staff Survey Highlights

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kizzy Kukreja Job title: Senior Dental Officer Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 03004216440

Patricia Phillips Email: [e-mail] Phone: [phone]

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Part-time

Job function

Health Care Provider

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care