Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Oral Health Improvement Practitioner
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Are you a passionate, motivated Dental Nurse looking to make a real difference in your community?
The Community Dental Service's award-winning Oral Health Improvement Team is seeking an enthusiastic Dental Nurse, Oral Health Improvement Practitioner to help transform the oral health of children, families, and communities across our local area.
This is an exciting opportunity to move beyond the traditional dental setting and play a vital role in delivering innovative, evidence-based oral health improvement programmes where they are needed most. You will work directly within schools, nurseries, and community settings, empowering children and families to develop lifelong healthy habits and helping to reduce oral health inequalities.
The successful applicant must be registered with the General Dental Council and have obtained the National Certificate of the Examining Board for Dental Nurses or equivalent.
The successful candidate will be supported to complete the Oral Health Improvement qualification commencing in November 2026.
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Responsibilities
- To work collaboratively within the 0-19 service framework to deliver community-based oral health improvement programmes and advice to health care professionals across a wide range of settings.
- To provide chair side and clerical assistance to Consultants, Specialists, Senior Dental Officers, Dental Officers, and Dental Therapists.
Important Dates
- Closing date: 24th August 2026
- Shortlisting: 25th August 2026
- Interviews: 9th September 2026
Core Values
- We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
- We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
- We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
Benefits
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
- Increase mileage rates for > 4500
- A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
- A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
- Plus many more.
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We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sharon Walker
- Job title: Oral Health Improvement Lead
- Email address: sharon.walker@bdct.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07710066986
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