Associate Dentist (NHS/ Private)

Company: PortmanDentex
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Location: Horam
Job Description:

  • PortmanDentex Location: Horam – Magpies Dental Practice
  • Department: Practices – South

Job Description

Secure NHS income. Real private growth. A practice that backs you.

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If you’re a dentist who wants the stability of NHS work without giving up ambition, this could be exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Magpies Dental Practice is a well-established mixed practice in Horam, offering a rare opportunity to combine dependable NHS revenue and NHS pension access with the freedom and support to grow a high-quality private patient list.

Whether you’re currently NHS-focused and curious about private dentistry, or already working mixed and wanting to do more, we’ll meet you where you are and help you build forward.

Why Magpies Dental Practice?

  • Well-established, respected practice with a loyal NHS and private patient base
  • Supportive, experienced clinical and practice team
  • Modern, high-end technology and a well-maintained working environment
  • Strong local reputation for patient care and professionalism
  • Full-time or part-time available with genuinely flexible days and hours.

The Best of Both Worlds

  • Private opportunity – time, support, and marketing to grow private work at your pace
  • Clinical autonomy – you decide how you practice

We actively support dentists who want to transition from NHS-heavy to mixed, or develop private dentistry alongside NHS work without pressure.

What You’ll Get with PortmanDentex

Joining Magpies Dental Practice also means becoming part of PortmanDentex, a group that is both private-focused whilst fully appreciating the value of NHS dentistry.

You’ll benefit from:

  • Full clinical freedom Use your preferred materials, labs, equipment, and referral pathways — you remain fully self-employed and clinically independent.
  • Private growth support Access to first-class marketing, branding, and business support to help you build private dentistry sustainably and ethically.
  • Mentoring & CPD that actually adds value Webinars, hands-on training, mentoring programmes, and learning from international educators, university professors, and published clinicians.
  • Clinical Leads who are dentists Practising clinicians who understand real-world dentistry and support you clinically — not managers who’ve never picked up a handpiece.
  • Career flexibility Opportunities across the PortmanDentex group, including dual-site working if that suits your lifestyle or career plans. xwzovoh

Who This Role Suits

  • NHS dentists looking for security with progression
  • Mixed dentists wanting more private opportunity
  • Dentists who value support, autonomy, and long-term career sustainability

If you’d like to explore this opportunity in confidence, click Apply, or email Justine at

And if this sounds like someone you know, feel free to share — great practices grow through great people.

Posted: March 1st, 2026