Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Dental Services - Community
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-30-33-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Dental Service
- Town
- 317 Arthurs Hill Clinic
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/08/2025
Employer heading
Dental Therapist
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
To provide safe holistic care to patients within the Community Dental Service and work within the teams to improve integrated, high quality service delivery.
- Interview date: Friday 29 August 2025
- 30 hours/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
- Provide full therapy service for patients of all ages who appropriately access Newcastle Community Service for advice or treatment.
- Provide and maintain a high standard of comprehensive dental care
Provide treatment where necessary either as sole treatment or part of a planned course of treatment.
Administrative
- Assess the competency of the dental undergraduate students using their electronic portfolios .
- Refer patients to the dental team to undertake any treatment which the Dental Act does not permit Dental Therapists to carry out, and ensuring appropriate use of skill mix.
- Ensure maintenance of accurate clinical records and respect for patient confidentiality and data protection.
- The post holder will be expected to be able to use all equipment required in the provision of dental care. The department uses a dental software ( sensei cloud) for electronic patient records and the post holder will need to be able to use this software once training is provided.
Research
- Participate in audit projects and clinical governate meetings together with other dentists working in the trust.
- Attend all compulsory health and safely lectures as required by the trust.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
- Freeman Hospital
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
- Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Teaching
- Provide clinical teaching and supervision of undergraduate students who will be providing the following:
- The full scope of practice treatment for patients of all ages who appropriately access community dental service for advice or treatment.
- A full range of dental care for all groups in line with their experience and skill.
- Providing treatment where necessary as sole treatment or part of a planned course of treatment.
Job Purpose
- Highly trained healthcare professional carrying preventive oral health education tasks and clinical treatments within the scope of a dental therapist
To provide a dental hygiene and therapy service to patients
To actively promote dental health within the Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust.
To teach the BSc students theory and practical skills.
To mentor and counsel, the students.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Higher Diploma in Dental Hygiene/Dental Therapy or Degree in Oral Health Sciences with significant specialist post qualification experience (Master’s level equivalent).
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Active GDC registration as a dental therapist
- Experience of patient management in primary and secondary care settings.
- Up to date with extended duties training and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of treating patients who are anxious or have challenging behaviour
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use Microsoft office products
- Administration skills
- Teaching skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Graham Walton
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2823216
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