Band 5 Oral Health Improvement Practitioner | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum (pro rata for part time hours) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B5 7EG |
| Company: | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7889971/820-7889971-DEN |
Summary
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
The Oral Health Improvement Service is a commissioned service within the Dental Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The purpose of the Oral Health Improvement Team is to deliver evidence based, oral health interventions to reduce the inequalities in oral health, working across organisational boundaries in communities across Birmingham.
Full & part time hours available, applicants will not be considered unless they are GDC registrants.
If you have experience of delivering oral health improvement interventions and enjoy working in a team to improve oral health outcomes, then joining this team might be the job for you.
You need to be GDC registered and have a Level 4 Certificate in Oral Health (or equivalent).
You willbe expected to work within a team to contribute to the planning of oral health improvement interventions, the delivery of workforce development training, supervised toothbrushing programmes, Mouth Care Matters programmes, management of targeted toothbrushing resources and other evidence based interventions and evaluation.
You will need some experience of using MS office to record and monitor data. A detailed induction programme is provided along with additional training and support.
1. To project manage the planning, delivery and evaluation of a range of evidence based
oral health improvement programmes outlined in NHS England and Improvement oral
health improvement specification for adults and children on behalf of Birmingham
Community Healthcare Foundation Trust.
2. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work.
3. To remain up to date with knowledge and understanding of national policy, NHSEI,
NICE guidance and policies in oral health and the evidence base supporting relevant
general and oral health improvement programmes.
4. To assist the line manger in service development and delivery of targeted and universal
interventions to meet Key Performance Indicators to reduce oral health inequalities
which are outcome focused and reflect best practice.
5. To ensure timely collation of evaluation feedback and completion of reports to monitor
the delivery of oral health improvement interventions.
6. To develop and maintain effective working partnerships with a range of front line health,
education, social care and voluntary agency staff, which contribute to improving oral
health outcomes and reducing inequalities in oral health.
For full details please see Job Description attached to the advert
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you would like any additional information, please email the Oral Health Improvement Practitioner Team Lead, Stacey Quinton.
Stacey.quinton@nhs.net
07761045889
0121 683 2315
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Apr 2026