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ES06 251830 Senior Dental Officer (Outreach/Teaching)

NHS Highland
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Deadline
31 Dec 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
05 Dec 2025

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

NHS Highland has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Dental Officer based in the Inverness Dental Centre, UHI House, Raigmore campus 1 day per week on a Tuesday.

Working as part of an experienced team this post will have a responsibility to supervise students providing clinical care to patients as part of the University of Dundee BDS Dental outreach programme. They will be the supervising clinician supervising up to 5 bays in the teaching polyclinic for students in their 4th and final years. Students will be providing a range of treatments as part of their training including emergency dental care for unregistered patients. The successful candidate will also be expected to see patients with outstanding courses of treatment from the teaching wing out-with the student term time and participate in the emergency dental service when required out-with term time.

Due to the level of supervision this is suitable for an experienced clinician.

Inverness is a thriving and exciting small city with great services, transport links and schooling and located with unrivalled access to wonderful scenery and great leisure activities. For informal enquiries please contact tom.mcwilliam2@nhs.scot

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and social care values.

Care and compassion

Dignity and respect

Openness, honesty and responsibility

Quality and teamwork

ES06 251830 Senior Dental Officer (Outreach/Teaching) at NHS Highland | Job Clerk