Dental Hygienist

At The Essex Smile Centre, we’re looking for an enthusiastic and detail-oriented Dental Hygienist to join our established dental practice in Rayleigh, Essex.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient oral health outcomes whilst working within a supportive and collaborative clinical environment.

• Tuesday & Wednesday surgery availability
• Delivering high-quality patient care, managing your own patient list, and working alongside experienced dentists and support staff to provide comprehensive dental hygiene services
• Delivering comprehensive dental hygiene treatments within your scope of practice, managing an established and diverse patient list, ensuring continuity of care and building strong therapeutic relationships
• Performing thorough patient assessments, identifying oral health concerns, and developing individualised treatment plans in collaboration with the clinical team
• Providing evidence-based oral health education and preventative advice to patients, promoting positive behavioural change.
• Work collaboratively with dentists and dental nurses, communicating effectively to ensure seamless patient care.

• GDC registration as a Dental Hygienist
• Diploma in Dental Hygiene or equivalent recognised qualification
• Demonstrable experience delivering dental hygiene treatments within scope of practice
• Excellent communication and people skills with the ability to build rapport with diverse patient groups
• Confident in patient assessment, treatment planning, and clinical decision-making
• Team-oriented mindset with a positive and proactive approach to collaborative working

By joining Portman Dentex, you’ll be part of a 360+ practice business, which is predominantly focused on private dentistry. This means you get access to our large network of like-minded clinicians, as well as being surrounded by skilled practice teams who’ll partner with you to deliver exceptional patient care. The support doesn’t end there though, we also offer:

• Full clinical freedom– meaning you can use your preferred equipment, materials, labs, and referral pathways to deliver the best level of care to your patients. We’ll champion you as a self‑employed clinician, and ensure you always retain your unique identity
• Access to first class marketing, branding, and business support– enabling you to maximise your diary utilisation
• Mentoring and CPD– we can connect you with clinical mentors to guide and advise you, as well as running regular CPD events with some of our best‑in‑class dentists and specialists
• Support from Clinical Leads– we have a team of practising clinicians who split their week between delivering outstanding care to their patients, and acting as a key link between our clinicians and the wider business.