Dental Therapist

Title: Dental Therapist Location: Tower Hamlets Department: Tower Hamlets Young Health Hub Advertising salary: £39,351 - £48,108 pro rata (+ £4500 (Pro Rata) Inner London Weighting where applicable)
Contract: Permanent Duration: Not Specified Hours per week: 37

Looking for a Dental Therapist role that offers flexibility as well as purpose?

We're building a brand new Oral Health service in Tower Hamlets and are looking for passionate Dental Therapists to join us. Whether you're looking for full time hours, part time working or term time only working
, we'd love to hear from you. We know flexibility matters and we're committed to finding an arrangement that works for you.

This is your opportunity to do more than provide treatment. You'll work directly with children and young people in schools and community settings, delivering preventative, educational and clinical dental care that helps improve oral health, reduce inequalities and create healthier futures. You'll support children to build lifelong healthy habits while helping families access the care they need.

Working alongside school nurses, public health colleagues and a wider multidisciplinary team, you'll play a key role in shaping a new service from the very beginning. From fluoride varnish applications and oral health assessments to supervised tooth brushing programmes and engaging health promotion activities, no two days will be the same.

If you're passionate about prevention, enjoy working with children and want to see the lasting impact of your work across an entire community, this is a role where your skills will genuinely change lives.

Your clinical skills are important, but it's your passion for prevention that will make the biggest difference.

You're someone who believes every child deserves the opportunity to grow up with a healthy smile. You enjoy working with children and families, building trusted relationships and helping people make positive changes that improve their health for years to come. You act with integrity, value others, find practical solutions and take pride in delivering high quality care that makes a real difference.

For this role, essentially you'll need:

• A BSc or Diploma in Dental Therapy (or equivalent).
• A Certificate in Fluoride Varnish Application.
• Experience delivering clinical dental therapy services and preventative dental care.
• Experience working with children and families.
• Knowledge of public health approaches to improving children's oral health.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage children, young people and families.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and delivering high quality, compassionate care.

Experience delivering supervised tooth brushing programmes, working with children who have additional needs or vulnerabilities, delivering fluoride varnish programmes, or qualifications in oral health education or public health would be advantageous but aren't essential.

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.

We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or…