Band A Special Care Dental Officer | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	23 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£52,532 - £78,798 Pro rata
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	22 Ionawr 2026
Lleoliad:	Swindon, SN1 2DQ
Cwmni:	The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7686340/249-7686340

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To provide Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, and Urgent Care Dentistry, as well as the opportunity to work as part of the Out of Hours Service, offering urgent care to the population of Wiltshire and Swindon. The post holder will be supported to deliver services within the GWHFT Community Dental Service contract and day to day management of a defined clinical area, based at Swindon Health Centre.



The Service covers the whole of Wiltshire, and the post holder may be required to deliver services from any of our 4 sites and in domiciliary settings The role may include participating in General Anaesthetic & Inhalation Sedation Lists, and Domiciliary Care.



The job plan for this post is likely to include, one of Urgent Care Dentistry, and four days of Special Care and Paediatric Dentistry.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Dentist to join our existing team, providing Special Care and Urgent Care to meet the needs of adults and children in the local community in Swindon.

You should be innovative, flexible and committed to working in a team environment while providing high standards of clinical care.

The post holder will be required to work 8:30- 17:00, with one hour for lunch, 5 days per week. Our Community Dental Service has 4 dental clinics, within Wiltshire & Swindon. We work in domiciliary settings and within main hospitals therefore use of a motor vehicle is essential. You will join our team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general practice, and be supported by a Senior Leadership team, offering mentoring and support and experienced line management.

We can offer an excellent range of benefits including:

· Well-equipped surgeries

· Full computerisation (Software of Excellence)

· Varied and challenging work

· Generous paid annual leave

· NHS benefits (including pension)

· Commitment to training / verifiable CPD

· Clear job planning

· Variety of work: Special Care, Paediatrics, Urgent Care, Domiciliary Care

· Consistent and highly skilled dental nurse support

· Generous study leave allocation, and support for professional development.

· Opportunity to join the Out of Hours Service.







Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.

Service We will put our patients first

Teamwork We will work together

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service

Respect We will act with integrity

· Provision of assessment, comprehensive treatment planning and treatment for people with special needs who are unable to obtain care from other providers. These include those clients with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, who are medically compromised or have behavioural problems, as well as children with additional needs, and children under 5 with high caries rates.

· Provide dental treatment as required and to undertake urgent, routine and complex treatment in line with Trust protocol and current best practice

· Provision of assessment, treatment planning and treatment of patients in domiciliary settings

· Promote and maintain patients’ oral health within NHS regulations


• Work with the wider clinical team, in the provision of high quality dental care for the patients


• Achieve personal performance targets, awareness of the UDA system, working to achieve the targets set by commissioners.


• Meet Band A Dental Officer Competencies as set out within the terms and conditions of the Salaried Dental Service Contract


• Participate in Clinical Governance Programmes as required by the service including audit, peer review and annual performance appraisal.


• Ensure that standards for Dental Professionals are met as required by the General Dental Council this will include demonstration of required CPD


This advert closes on Friday 30 Jan 2026

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