Senior Dental Officer

Company: NHS
Apply for the Senior Dental Officer
Location: Chichester
Job Description:

If you are well organised, able to prioritise and work on your own initiative without direct supervision, but also enjoys working as part of a team to provide excellent patient care, then we look forward to hearing from you

The Special Care Dental Service is part of a countywide service providing NHS Dental treatment to patients on referral, from General Dental Practitioners, GPs and other health and social care professionals. We have clinics across the county with core operating hours of 08:30am to 4:30pm Mondays to Fridays, but with the opportunity to discuss flexible working arrangements until 7pm.

Special Care Dental Services prides itself in providing an exceptional level of service to its service users and we are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person who is able to work, learn and actively contribute within our team. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to providing the highest levels of service to customers.

If you are looking for a challenge and want to join a dynamic team in a friendly and pro-active Trust then this is the role for you.

Main duties of the job

o Treating patients as individuals, showing them concern and respect and providing them or their carers (where appropriate) with clear information about their treatment, participating in epidemiological surveys as required.

o Screening client groups as required.

o Domiciliary visits.

o Referring patients to other dental professionals as appropriate.

o Supporting senior colleagues with the treatment of patients under general anaesthetic

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our valuesCompassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence–guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For further information please contact recruiting manager Michael Morcos michael.morcos1@nhs.net .

Person Specification

Skills & Knowledge

  • Dental Software

Qualifications

  • Full GDC registration (E)
  • Dentistry BDS
  • Performer number

Experience

  • NHS or Equivalent Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Jubilee Dental Centre, St Richard’s Hospital, Spitalfield Lane

£84,781 to £99,163 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

150-DJ2679-PC

Job locations

Jubilee Dental Centre, St Richard’s Hospital, Spitalfield Lane

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Posted: May 29th, 2026