# Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Preston
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Dental
- **Salary:** £101,434 - £116,573 per annum, pro rata (subject to confirmation)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T08:00:29.848Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Burnley/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Dental/Dental-v8152641
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8152641?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Band C Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry for LSCFT Dental Services:  0.6 WTE /22.5 hours per week over 3 days.

Band C: LD21 £ 101,434- £116,573 Pro rata and commensurate with experience and previous NHS SPCDS employment.

Are you able to prioritise your own workload, flexible, reliable and a team player with excellent communication skills?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) Dental Services.

The post is within the Specialist Dental Service and is based in East Lancashire sites providing paediatric dental services; including the provision of sedation in community settings and paediatric exodontia and comprehensive dental care in theatre under general anaesthesia.

This role is supported by a strong Managed Clinical Network in Paediatric Dentistry.

The main duties of this salaried position will be to provide routine and urgent paediatric dental services to those referred to LSCFT Specialist Led Paediatric Dental Service, to provide conscious sedation, to lead on the provision of treatment under GA, to support the clinical triage of referrals and to provide leadership and management support for the dental team.

A post registration qualification is mandatory as is inclusion on the Paediatric Specialist General Dental Council Register.

For informal discussions please contact Sarah Procter, Dental Service Clinical Lead, on 07534063318.

### Main duties of the job

Please ensure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification as your application will be measured against this document.

You must hold full GDC registration and Paediatric Specialist Registration without restriction and be on, or be eligible for immediate, inclusion on the Performers list.

Please note that further communication can be sought from LSCFT which will normally be on the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable the Trust to contact them.

This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check (formerly CRB) so please be aware of the DBS Code of Practice, a copy of which is available from the Recruitment Services team, or by logging on to https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check/overview Successful applicants must also fulfil local Occupational Health requirements.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience of treating paediatric patients under LA, sedation and GA
- Clinical leadership experience in dentistry
- Knowledge of NHS PDS Regulations

### Experience

**Essential**

- Broad based professional background
- Evidence of continual professional development both general and role specific
- Experience of providing special care dentistry within a secondary care setting.
- Evidence of clinical and non-clinical leadership and management skills

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BDS or equivalent qualification
- Post registration qualifications in Paediatric Dentistry
- Dental indemnity insurance
- Included on Performers List of England without restrictions
- Full GDC registration without restriction
- On the GDC Specialist Register for Paediatric Dentistry

## Documents

- [jdps (pdf, 440.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452499)
- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)

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