Specialist in Special Care Dentistry

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The closing date is 15 January 2026

The Special Care and Community Dental Service is seeking to recruit a compassionate and motivated individual working four days per week to join our existing team of highly skilled clinicians and support staff to provide comprehensive dental care to our patients in Carlisle & Eden. The candidate should have a passion for Special Care Dentistry and be keen to make a difference to the vulnerable patients seen by our service.

Being able to communicate effectively with both patients and staff is essential as you will be responsible for looking after some of the most vulnerable people in society.

The post is full time , proposed as 37.5 hours a week though variance could be considered. Base of work is the Carlisle Dental Centre.

This role would suit dentists who wish to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the oral health of the local population through direct clinical contact and innovative working with our local health and social care partners and patients. The ideal candidate will be experienced at (or working towards) the provision of both inhalation and intravenous sedation to dental patients.

Post holders will be expected to travel to other clinic locations in Carlisle & Eden. Provision of care under general anaesthesia will be a key element of the job and this is provided at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

• Bachelor in Dental Surgery or equivalent
• Evidence of continued professional and managerial development
• NHSE Performer List number with no conditions or restrictions.
• Not be subject to an open or on-going Performer Investigation
• Registration with General Dental Council (Dentist) with no conditions or restrictions
• Registration on GDC Specialist List relevant to post
• Dental post-graduate qualification relating to specific clinical skill particularly in sedation

• Experience in pain and anxiety control as appropriate to speciality area including provision of conscious sedation
• Provision of comprehensive dental care under GA
• Experience of Clinical Audit and evaluation and learning cycle.
• Planning and managing care where there are complex medical co-morbidities or the situation requires the involvement of other professionals and/or carers to resolve complex patient management issues
• Experience of working in collaboration with other health care teams e.g. hospital staff, health and social care and GDS
• Experience of providing healthcare within salaried and specialised services
• Experience of teaching, training, supervising and mentoring junior staff, dental core trainees and/or undergraduate dental students
• Domiciliary experience relevant to Special Care Dentistry
• Membership of relevant professional body
• Use of patient management techniques such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).
• Experience in the following: oPolicy and planning oLeading on projects oPeer review

• Organisational and…