Community Dental Officer

Job description

Job summary

Join our Community Dental Service and help provide accessible, high-quality dental care to people who may experience barriers to accessing traditional dental services.

The post holder will provide dental care, advice and support to patients using the Homeless Dental Service and to patients who are unable to attend a dental clinic. Care is delivered in both clinic and domiciliary settings, with services based at Soho Health Centre and Parkview Health Centre.

You will:

• Provide safe, effective and person-centred dental care

• Deliver clinic and domiciliary sessions, including visits within the boroughs we serve when required

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to improve access and outcomes for patients

• Contribute ideas to improve dental services for patients receiving care at home

• Work with health promoters to reach people and communities experiencing barriers to dental care

• Recognise safeguarding concerns and follow appropriate safeguarding procedures

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to an inclusive Community Dental Service supporting patients with a range of needs.

Main duties of the job

You will assess, plan and deliver high-quality dental care within your professional scope of practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Examine patients, diagnose dental conditions and assess individual care needs

• Develop and deliver appropriate treatment and care plans

• Provide interventions to prevent oral disease and promote good oral health

• Recognise medical emergencies and lead the dental team's immediate response using appropriate techniques, equipment and medicines

• Use appropriate local anaesthetic and patient-management approaches to manage pain and anxiety

• Undertake routine exodontia and simple surgical exodontia

• Assess when specialist advice, treatment or referral is required

• Undertake appropriate investigations, including assessment of the developing dentition

• Diagnose restorative needs, select suitable techniques and provide restoration or replacement of teeth

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and other services to support safe, coordinated and person-centred care

About us

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Full registration with the GDC
• Proven maintenance of post-graduate continuing professional development
• Performer number

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working under the NHS Dental Service contract, especially in relation to the provision of CDS services
• Experience of working with challenging patients
• Communication and relationship building in dental organisations and the wider health and social care environment
• Understanding of basic health and social care terminology
• Experience of demonstrating successful outcomes within agreed time frames whilst demonstrating a flexible, positive and proactive approach.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audits

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Expertise in exodontia.
• Awareness of the sometimes complex medical history issues of people experiencing homelessness.
• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults and the associated legislative framework to respond effectively to meet these needs
• Ability to work without direct supervision and to use own initiative.
• Ability to communicate confidently with staff of all levels of seniority

Person Specification
Education/Qualification

Essential

• Full registration with the GDC
• Proven maintenance of post-graduate continuing professional development
• Performer number

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working under the NHS Dental Service contract, especially in relation to the provision of CDS services
• Experience of working with challenging patients
• Communication and relationship building in dental organisations and the wider health and social care environment
• Understanding of basic health and social care terminology
• Experience of demonstrating successful outcomes within agreed time frames whilst demonstrating a flexible, positive and proactive approach.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audits

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Expertise in exodontia.
• Awareness of the sometimes complex medical history issues of people experiencing homelessness.
• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults and the associated legislative framework to respond effectively to meet these needs
• Ability to work without direct supervision and to use own initiative.
• Ability to communicate confidently with staff of all levels of seniority

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust
Address

Soho Centre for Health and Care

1 Frith Street

London

W1D 3QS

United Kingdom

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