# Dental Officer – Paediatric and Special Care Dentistry

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Lothian.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dental-officer-paediatric-and-special-care-dentistry/bbd298ee-d99b-40f2-b7ab-54f6c5f8bc17
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dental-officer-paediatric-and-special-care-dentistry/bbd298ee-d99b-40f2-b7ab-54f6c5f8bc17.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Lothian
- **Location:** Duncan Street Dental Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Dentist
- **Grade:** Junior
- **Salary:** £54,117 - £81,174
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-21T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28T09:12:31.216Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=268513
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=268513
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhslothian.scot

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 258101
- Salary: Public Dental Officer – PDS (£54,117 - £81,174)
- Job closing date: 21/09/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Duncan Street Dental Centre
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 37.5
- Job posted date: 28/08/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: Oral Health Service PDS Paediatric Dentistry & Special Care Dentistry

NHS LOTHIAN

PUBLIC DENTAL SERVICE

Dental Officer - Paediatric & Special Care Dentistry (Band A)

Permanent post

37.5 hours per week 1.0 WTE (0.6 Paediatrics and 0.4 Special Care Dentistry)

Full or part-time applications welcome

SALARY £54,117 - £81,174 (pro rata if part-time)

Are you a dentist passionate about caring for the dental treatment of patients with additional supports needs? Are you keen to provide dental care for patients with dental anxiety and high levels of dental disease?

If so, you may want to apply for this post:

Lothian Public Dental Service is looking for a Dental Officer to work with our excellent teams providing high quality care for children and adults with additional needs living in Lothian.

You will undertake routine dental care for children and adults with a wide range of disability and impairment who cannot receive their care in the General Dental Service. You will provide dental care for patients with high levels of dental disease and dental anxiety who are referred by General Dental Practitioners and other health and social care workers.

Treatment is often provided under general anaesthesia or conscious sedation and may also be delivered in a domiciliary setting.

We are part of the Lothian Oral Health Service which includes consultant led hospital services based in the Edinburgh Dental Institute and the Oral Health Improvement Team.

You will work alongside experienced colleagues in the Public Dental Service and be supported by the senior team.

You should be able to demonstrate experience in working with children and vulnerable adults and have a keen interest in developing your skills in these areas.

To apply for this post, please visit the job posting on the NHS Scotland Job Train website. Applicants must have current full GDC registration.

You are encouraged to visit the dental department and meet some of our team.

Informal enquiries should be directed by telephone or email to Eleni Leventi, Assistant Clinical Director Paediatric Dentistry, eleni.leventi@nhs.scot and Carol Macintyre, Assistant Clinical Director, Special Care Dentistry, carol.macintyre@nhs.scot or by phoning 0131 537 8923.

Application closing date: 21/09/2026

## Documents

- [258101 Job Description (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1190916&JobId=268513)

## Agent Notes

- This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page.
- Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.
- Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.