# Senior Dental Officer - Prisons

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Community Dental Services CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Community Dental Services CIC
- **Location:** HMP Wayland
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Dentist
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £84,781 - £99,163 per annum, pro rata (Actual £50,868.60 -  £59,497.80)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T14:25:56.351Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Hemel_Hempstead/Community_Dental_Services_CIC/Dental/Dental-v8374660
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8374660?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://communitydentalservices.co.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Senior Dental Officer – Prisons

### HMP Wayland

### Permanent, Part Time

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 3 days Base: HMP Wayland, Griston, Thetford, IP25 6RL Salary: £84,781 - £99,163 per annum, pro rata (actual £50,868.60 - £59,497.80

Community Dental Services CIC is an award winning employee owned, social enterprise that delivers high quality, specialist community dental services across east and central England.

The CDS Prison Team were winners in the Dental Team of the Year category in The Dental Industry Awards 2024.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic dentists for this post based at HMP Wayland.

You will provide a full range of NHS care to offenders in HMP Wayland and a registered, experienced Specialist Dental Nurse will support all sessions.

### Main duties of the job

HMP Wayland is a Category C men's prison, located near the village of Griston in Norfolk, England.

The post holder will provide a full range of oral care and screening to patients in HMP establishments. However, there may be a requirement to work within other CDS clinics in the community.

All prison sites offer NHS dental care. It is essential you can fulfil the travel requirements of the post. Candidates must be well motivated, ethical and have good communication skills.

You will need to be GDC Registered be on the NHS Performer List.

Enhanced DBS and the ability to meet Ministry of Justice clearance will be required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for details on main duties and responsibilities.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Senior Dental Officer

**Essential**

- Please see attached Person Specification within the Job Description

## Documents

- [why work for cds? (pdf, 207.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2320)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702732)

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