# Educational Supervisor Senior Dental Officer - Band B

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board
- **Location:** Morriston Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Dentist
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £85,246 - £99,707 Per annum, Pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 1.4 WTE to appoint to, hours to be discussed at interview
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-29T08:20:53.826Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Port_Talbot/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Dental_Services/Dental_Services-v8185180
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8185180?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

The Dental Unit is looking for a part-time Senior Dentist - Band B to join their team on a permanent basis. This is a part-time role based at the Dental Teaching Unit (DTU) in Port Talbot. Hours to be discussed at interview.

The purpose of this post is to work with the Health Board and the Welsh Deanery to improve, facilitate and develop dental health care services in the SBU area, by providing comprehensive general dental services to patients and effective training and mentoring to the Foundation Dentist. The post holder will also be responsible for liaising with the Welsh Deanery regarding the study day programme and managing the Business Manager, Foundation Trainees and other dental staff on the training side of the Unit, in line with patient needs and the General Dental Services Contract. The post holder will also be required to assist in the management of the service.

### Main duties of the job

To support DTU service provision and planning as a member of the DTU senior management team

To participate in clinical audit as part of a clinical governance strategy

To participate in risk management and health and safety awareness

The post holder must be available for guidance and training of the Dental Foundation Trainees and other Dental Care Professionals in training in the unit as agreed with the Lead Senior Dentist.

To develop good working relationships with other health care professionals and agencies and participate in projects and activities.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Effective communication with members of the dental team, client groups, health professionals and outside agencies.
- Good IT skills
- Capable of working on own initiative
- Good organizational skills to ensure effective provision of service
- Leadership skills and an ability to support and motivate people

**Desirable**

- Ability to prioritize competing work demands
- Ability to cope with occasional work-related distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to actively engage with other health care professionals to develop networks and clinical services
- Understanding of NHS Clinical Governance and resource constraints, management/financial awareness

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Ability to give appropriate information to colleagues, carers and patients
- Good working knowledge of mental capacity and consent

**Desirable**

- Awareness of risk management, Health and Safety management and Clinical Governance Familiarity with the role of the CDS, GDS and HDS
- Understanding of mental capacity and consent issues

### Experience

**Essential**

- Broad professional experience
- Experience of organising educational events
- Considerable experience of training young colleagues
- Broad understanding of the structure and working of local dental services
- Understanding of CDS role
- Broad understanding of the General Dental Services contract and how it applies to patients and trainees

**Desirable**

- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of dental service development

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BDS or recognized equivalent
- Full registration with the GDC
- Regular attendance on dental postgraduate courses and appropriate CPD.
- Developing Dental Educators (DDE) and maintained refresher training.
- Acceptance via DESAP

**Desirable**

- Relevant postgraduate qualification.
- On the Welsh NHS Dental Performers list or eligible for entry.

## Documents

- [band b jd & ps (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10490004)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372)
- [welsh jd and ps (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10609493)
- [why work at sbuhb (pdf, 278.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1162)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849)
- [home office - euss important information (pdf, 269.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1734)
- [occupational health functional requirements form (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10489355)

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