# Senior Restorative Dental Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-restorative-dental-therapist/f64c9a6e-7bac-457a-bbd6-c7a961e70ebb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-restorative-dental-therapist/f64c9a6e-7bac-457a-bbd6-c7a961e70ebb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Stoke University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dental therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T09:02:46.958Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stoke_On_Trent/University_Hospitals_North_Midlands_NHS_Trust/Restorative/Restorative-v8273510 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8273510?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As a Senior Dental hygienist / therapist within the Restorative dental department you will help lead and deliver the dental related preventative services for the Regional Head & Neck Cancer patients treated within the outpatient department and ward. This will involve care of this patient group before, during and after their cancer treatment. This will include the delivery of pre treatment care to the prescription of the consultants within the department including preventive advice, periodontal treatment, restoration placement and impression taking. As a Senior Dental hygienist / Dental therapist you will lead the Restorative oral health education clinics. ### Main duties of the job You will help provide services for complex multidisciplinary patients requiring care from restorative dentistry working with orthodontic and maxillofacial colleagues in relation to their planning, treatment delivery and maintenance. This will involve treatment of patients with complex hypodontia, adult cleft lip and palate and facial trauma who receive complex restorative dental care and dental implant based rehabilitation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To maintain Continuing Professional Development in line with the General Dental Council Regulations, in order to fulfil personal training needs. - To be a member of British Association of Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists - To carry out dental treatment under prescription from the Restorative Consultants - Provide dental hygiene care to a wide range of patients - Manage Head and neck cancer patients and their relatives/ carers at various stages of their treatment pathway including counselling patients on the dental effects of their recent diagnosis and treatment - Obtain a detailed dental history from patients and evaluate their medical history - Carry out a clinical examination within their competence - Complete periodontal examination and charting and use indices to screen and monitor periodontal disease - Diagnose and treatment plan within their competence - Prescribe radiographs - Interpret various film views used in the department - Plan the delivery of care for patients - Give appropriate patient advice - Provide preventive oral care to patients and liaise with dentists over the treatment of caries, periodontal disease and tooth wear - Undertake supragingival and subgingival scaling and root surface debridement using manual and powered instruments - Use appropriate anti-microbial therapy to manage plaque related diseases - Adjust restored surfaces in relation to periodontal treatment - Apply topical treatments and fissure sealants - Give patients advice on how to stop smoking - Take intra and extra-oral photographs - Give infiltration and inferior dental block analgesia - Place temporary dressings and re-cement crowns with temporary cement - Place rubber dam - Take impressions - Care of implants and treatment of peri-implant tissues - Identify anatomical features, recognise abnormalities and interpret common pathology - Carry out oral cancer screening - If necessary, refer patients to other healthcare professionals - Keep full, accurate and contemporaneous patient records - If working on prescription, vary the detail but not the direction of the prescription according to patient needs. For example, the number of surfaces to be restored or the material to be used. - Carry out direct restorations on primary and secondary teeth - Carry out pulpotomies on primary teeth - Extract primary teeth - Place pre-formed crowns on primary teeth - Co-ordinate/ lead team delivering ‘Restorative Oral Health Education’ (ROHE) for the departments Head and Neck Cancer patients on the ward and related departments. - Ensure equipment used is in suitable working condition and raise any concerns. ### 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 ### Aptitudes **Essential** - - Take responsibility & accountability for delivering their agreed objectives - - Evidence of leadership within a team - - Organisational experience & forward planning - - Ability to adapt to change **Desirable** - - Flexibility of working hours ### Experience **Essential** - - Must have at least 4 years post qualifying experience in dentistry. **Desirable** - - Evidence of working with medically compromised patients, children and patients with learning disabilities - - Experience of treating periodontal patients. - Experience of Head and Neck oncology patients ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Degree or Diploma in Dental Hygiene & Therapy BSc - - General Dental Council (GDC) Registration - - Portfolio of certified /accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas **Desirable** - - Additional relevant post qualifications ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of confidentiality / data protection act - - Excellent communication skills both verbal & written - - Ability to prioritise appropriately and work with minimal supervision **Desirable** - - Computer literate - - Understanding of policies & procedures - - Knowledge of hospital / practice computer systems ## Documents - [policy ex-offenders (pdf, 36.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1001) - [speaking up policy (pdf, 523.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2142) - [dbs code of practice (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1004) - [family relocation information (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1118) - [infection control statement (pdf, 107.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1003) - [senior dental hyg/therapist (pdf, 936.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10589061) - [jd senior dental hyg/therapist (pdf, 864.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10589060) - [recruitment reasonable adjustments (pdf, 122.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2872) - [statement handling – updated from policy (pdf, 33.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1000) - [policy - managing risks associated with safeguarding children (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3080) - [policy - protection of adults from abuse and neglect who have care and support needs (pdf, 3.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3079) ## 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.