Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Dental Officer
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Dental Officer
Dental Officer – Community Dental Service
Job Overview
The post holder will deliver dental care and advice to patients and their carers from community groups, including patients with additional needs, who meet the acceptance criteria of the Community Dental Service. Services to be provided include:
- Preventive care and advice
- Dental treatment
- Care under sedation and general anaesthesia
- Work within the community
To work alongside specialists in special care dentistry, consultants in paediatric dentistry, restorative dentistry and orthodontics.
Main Duties
The primary role of the Dental Officer is to provide routine dental care to patients referred to, or accessing, the Dental Service. Key responsibilities include:
- Providing dental care to patients with specific requirements using behavioural techniques, conscious sedation, or general anaesthesia (if within competencies).
- Liaising with a range of social and healthcare personnel to ensure effective patient care management.
- Delivering a domiciliary dental service for patients requiring in-home care.
- Providing care in diverse community locations within a designated area.
- Offering emergency and urgent dental care.
Working with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)
If you thrive on challenges, value helping others, or simply seek a fresh career opportunity, BCUHB delivers the ideal environment. As Wales’ largest healthcare provider, we serve approximately 700,000 people across North Wales, offering services from primary care to acute hospital treatment.
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Key benefits include:
- Engagement with engaged leadership at every level.
- A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, recognised as a Disability Confident Employer.
- Support aligned with our Organisational Values and "Proud to Lead" competence framework.
- Regular recruitment updates to be handled via email (registered during your application).
Language note: Applications submitted in Welsh are considered equally to those in English.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
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Deliver dental clinical care to patients with specific needs through:
- Examination, assessment, treatment planning, and management
- Domiciliary care (at-patient locations)
- Use of local anaesthetic and patient management techniques to control pain/anxiety, including conscious sedation for high-risk or phobic patients
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Provide emergency and urgent dental care.
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Identify and lead in managing common medical emergencies with appropriate techniques, equipment, and drugs.
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Maintain accurate clinical and statistical records via paper and electronic systems.
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Continuously improve service quality while upholding clinical excellence and safeguarding care standards.
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Manage the immediate clinical environment and dental team during sessions.
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Communicate effectively with:
- Patients and their families
- Clinical team, peers, and other healthcare/social care professionals
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Participate in dental epidemiology work as needed.
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Ensure adherence to health and safety standards.
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Conduct professional behaviour consistent with BCUHB and the General Dental Council’s ‘Standards for the Dental Team’, including clinical performance, competence, and ethical conduct.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria:
- Full registration with the General Dental Council
- Bachelor in Dental Surgery or equivalent
- Proven maintenance of postgraduate continuing professional development
Desirable Criteria:
- Postgraduate qualification demonstrating clinical specialisation or skill
- Membership of a professional organisation or learned society
- UK-accredited Vocational Training (or equivalency in similar contexts)
Experience
Essential Criteria:
- Recent experience in NHS Community Dental Service (CDS) or Salaried Service/GDP
- All aspects of general dentistry
- Care for patients of all ages
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience in domiciliary or mobile dental environments
- Assessing and treating vulnerable patients with special clinical needs/challenging behaviour
- Inhalation sedation experience
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