Job Description

A 12 months fixed term position for a Dental Officer working in an award winning special care community dental service.



Are you looking for a rewarding post within an outstanding dental team caring for patients of all ages who have special needs?



Are you a dedicated and skilled professional hoping for a position that provides interest, variety and strong support? If so the award winning Hertfordshire Community Trust's Special Care Dental Service may be the organisation for you.



This fixed term post will include routine clinical and domiciliary care, with the view to develop into a permanent position. Your patients will include children, young people and adults who require special care due to their possible learning and physical disabilities, mental health problems or medical conditions. You will also see anxious children age 6 and under. The service prides itself on providing outstanding quality care including treatment under inhalation and IV sedation as well as general anaesthetic.



Proposed interview date: 15-Dec-2025


The post holder will be based at the wonderful newly refurbished dental clinic at Cheshunt Community Hospital. The clinic has excellent sedation facilities as well as a sensory room for patients and offers consultant led special care dentistry for a variety of special needs children and adults.



There is also an exciting opportunity for a position within a brand new dental surgery at our clinic at Nevell's Road, Letchworth. Nevell's Road clinic offers rewarding and interesting work supporting many complex special care patients who are living in areas of high deprivation and experiencing health inequalities.



We will consider full time or part time with a minimum of 30 hours per week. Please note this is a fixed term position for 12 months, with the view to make permanent.



Hertfordshire Special Care Dental Service was awarded outstanding in their last CQC inspection and with HCT communications team won the NHS elect national award for exemplary patient experience in 2019.



Come and join our warm and friendly team!



You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).



A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.



We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities .



Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.



We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds.



We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible Apply now!



You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.



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Job description attached - Please read for a detailed overview of the role.



The role involves the provision of oral health care to priority groups including people with learning disabilities, physical difficulties/disabilities, mental health problems, medically compromised, homeless patients, and any other priority groups agreed with the commissioners.



Services provided include sedation and general anaesthesia, domiciliary care and provision of oral health care.