Senior Dental Officer

Job summary

*** Please note this post is internal to North Cheshire and Mersey employees ***

We are seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious dentist with good interpersonal and clinical skills to support leadership of the Community Dental Service in Oldham. The successful applicant will work closely with the existing Senior Dental Officer, Clinical Director and Dental Nurse Team Manager to lead a team, which includes dentists on a core training pathway, in a busy clinic. There will be the requirement to work across other clinical sites in Greater Manchester depending on service need.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will help to lead a team providing a high standard of dental care for patients who are unable to receive care in a general dental practice environment, including patients with disabilities and children requiring inhalation sedation or general anaesthesia. Applicants should have current or recent experience of working in a UK-based salaried primary care dental service and should have established and demonstrable skills in the provision of oral health care for children and adults with special needs. Applicants should also ideally have wide range of experience, which may include providing dental care under sedation and general anaesthesia, domiciliary dentistry and dental epidemiological fieldwork. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their leadership skills through reflection on previous experience.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Details

• Date posted: 21 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £84,781 to £99,163 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9835-DEN26-119
• Job locations: Integrated Care Centre, New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, OL1 1NL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be an essential member of the Community Dental Service taking on a leadership and team building role. They will work as part of a team of clinicians within the North West Community Dental Service of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. They will work closely with the Clinical Director, the Specialist in Special Care Dentistry, the Clinical Lead and the Head of Operations to ensure that service users receive high quality care in a timely manner and that this care will be free from stigma, discrimination or harm.

They will be expected to be a visible and responsive leader setting the standards for others to follow and to be engaged in service improvement.

Clinically the post involves the provision of comprehensive routine and specialised dental care to children and adults whose dental needs cannot be fulfilled within General Dental Services.

The post is based within the areas we serve within Greater Manchester and the location of work will be based upon service need.

Full Job Description attached.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).