Associate Dentist

Job summary

Together Dental in Norwich are looking for an associate dentist to join our busy team on a part-time basis. We are able to offer Mondays to Fridays from 8.30am - 5.30pm and Saturdays (8.30am - 4.30pm) but our hours can be adapted to suit you. We are able to offer extremely competitive UDA rates and you'll have the freedom to develop your private work with your remaining time at a 50% private rate. We have a flexible approach to NHS and private zoning and an inclusive, friendly and supportive team to enable you to deliver excellent patient care. At Together Dental we bring together the best dental talent and help our teams become leaders in their field. We support you and provide guidance needed for your professional growth and development goals. Together we create a rewarding career based on respect, understanding and a drive to achieve high standards and shared goals. Although there is a NHS requirement that needs to be fulfilled, the associate must also be keen to develop skills in private dentistry in an ethical, steady and safe environment, supported by us.

Main duties of the job

All applicants should have the following qualifications and registrations:

• Registerable dental qualification.
• Full registration with the General Dental Council.
• NHS performer number.

and skills & experience, including:

• High levels of competency in dentistry.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy with patients requiring special care dentistry.
• Good communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Appropriate IT skills.
• Ability to plan and organise.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of the issues relating to the management of clinical dental services.
• Ability to lead and work as part of a healthcare team.
• Ability to manage change effectively.
• Demonstrable teaching skills.
• Understanding of the legal and ethical framework within which dentists practice, particularly those pertinent to special care dentistry.
• Wide experience of primary dental care.

About us

Together Dental Earlham Road is a fully equipped, mixed NHS and private practice just four miles from Norwich city centre and close to Norwich International Airport. Our surgeries have a wide range of high quality equipment and materials ensuring that you have the clinical freedom to offer high quality standards of patient care.

The practice can offer:

• Fully computerised with modern well-equipped surgeries in a large and fully refurbished practice
• A dedicated staff room with kitchen facilities and lockers
• An excellent team morale with long standing members both clinical and non-clinical
• An ethos of collaboration - we actively ask the dentists/hygienists to discuss cases with or without patients present for second opinions, advice, treatment planning or even assistance
• A dedicated management structure so issues are sorted swiftly and with minimal disruption to the working day.