Specialist in Special Care Dentistry - Band C | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	08 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£97,769 - £112,360 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	07 February 2026
Location:	Scunthorpe, DN15 6QU
Company:	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7703338/208-D09A4F-26

Summary

The Community Dental Service provides dental treatment for those patients who have difficulty in obtaining treatment from other services. It provides a dental public health and treatment service acting in a complimentary way to the hospital and general practitioner services. The provision of comprehensive oral health care for client groups in line with the Service’s contractual requirements. To provide specialist care
and advice to those groups we are commissioned to see following integrated care pathways and support colleagues to do likewise. Support the Clinical Lead, Service Manager and Dental Team, in service development for all areas of SCD or Paediatric Dentistry.

Undertake thorough examination and assessment of patients and use the most appropriate restorative, periodontal and surgical treatments
Plan and manage care for a range of patients including those where there are complex medical comorbidities or patients require involvement with other professionals/carers to resolve complex patient management issues



For more information on the main duties, please see attached job description.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Working as part of a wider management team
a) Liaise with and develop multidisciplinary working as appropriate (e.g. hospital staff and consultants,
general dental practitioner, carers and learning disabilities staff)
b) Advise the Clinical Lead on the development of the specialist adult special care dental service or
paediatric service.
c) Support the development and monitoring of integrated care pathways and treatment policies for a
wide range of patient groups, which may include involvement in the Managed Clinical Network in
SCD/Paediatric Dentistry as appropriate.
d) Take responsibility for the running of the immediate clinical environment and the immediate dental
team.
e) Responsibility for providing accurate information in relation to activities undertaken.
f) Understand and advise other team members on health and safety issues.
g) Manage clinical performance including quality of care for adult special needs services or paediatric
services.
h) Contribute to aspects of the governance systems


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Feb 2026