Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Dental Officer in paediatrics and special care dentistry
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Role Overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and patient-focused clinician to join Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Dental Services as a Dental Officer on a full-time maternity cover basis.
Responsibilities
Based at Aylesham Health Centre, you will provide high-quality dental care for children and adults with additional physical, medical, behavioural, or mental health needs across a variety of community settings. The role includes:
- Delivering Tier 2 dental care
- Supporting patients requiring sedation or general anaesthesia
- Providing treatment in clinics, prisons, mobile dental units, and patients’ homes when required
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for:
- Promoting excellent oral health outcomes
- Ensuring compliance with clinical governance and infection prevention standards
- Contributing to service development, audit, and quality improvement activities
Specific Duties:
- Provide tier 2 level dental care for paediatric and special care patients who have been referred into the service
- Provide remote triaging for dental patients in pain and patients on the waiting list as directed by the clinical director
- Provide dental treatment under inhalation sedation (intravenous sedation if required by service need) and general anaesthetic
- Provide dental treatment at HMP prison sites, mobile dental units, and domiciliary care as required by service need
- Involve patients in their care and treatment. Offer information, support, and motivation to patients regarding oral health, diet, and smoking
- Work with other healthcare professionals and stakeholders to provide a seamless care package for KCHFT dental patients
- Monitor the application of clinical governance practice including dental nurse standards, infection control, and cross-infection
- Participate in audits as directed by senior management or the Kent and London Quality Group (DCQG)
- Comply with Dental Practice Inspections as organised through the Area teams, and ensure delivery of all CQC outcomes for patient care
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Organisational Context
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams, or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
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About Us
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, and Excellent.
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Marisa Da Costa
- Job Title: Clinical Director East Kent Dental Service
- Email Address: marisa.dacosta@nhs.net
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