Band 7 Tutor Dental Hygienist and Therapist

Job summary
The appointment will be as a Tutor Dental Hygienist and Therapist for up to 30 hours per week. The contract will be with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The principal duties are to facilitate learning and to teach the knowledge and clinical skills required by students of Dental Hygiene and Therapy. They will advise, demonstrate, and instruct on the dental clinic, and in the clinical simulation suite, and be responsible for the care provided by students when treating patients. The tutor will deliver teaching in a variety of formats, e.g. lecture, workshop, tutorial and small group teaching.

Main duties of the job
Each tutor is assigned as a personal tutor to designated students; this will involve counselling the students in a variety of areas, such as academic progress and performance, and offering pastoral support. The tutor has an important role in monitoring students who have academic or clinical weaknesses, demonstrating empathy, and offering reassurance.

About us
Be Part of Our Team... BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 820-8352744-DEN
Job locations: Birmingham Dental Hospital, 5 Mill Pool Way, Birmingham, B5 7EG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The attached detailed Job description and main responsibilities identify the requirements of the post which are both clinical and teaching responsibilities including assessment, alongside student support.

Person Specification
Experience and communication

• Essential: Current clinical experience
• Wide range of clinical experience including restorative and periodontal procedures
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Desirable: Certificate in Medical Education or equivalent
• Previous teaching experience
• Demonstration of organisational skills
• Demonstration of IT skills

Registration and qualification

• Essential: Degree or equivalent in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
• Current GDC registration
• Indemnity Insurance
• Competency in permitted extended duties: Dental radiography, Local infiltration analgesia, Inferior dental nerve block analgesia, Dental impressions, Placement of temporary dressings, Re-cementing of crowns
• This post must be supplemented by clinical practice in General Dental Practice, Salaried Services or Hospital Dental Services
• Desirable: Membership of Higher Education Academy
• Certificate in postgraduate medical education or equivalent
• Previous relevant teaching experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address: Birmingham Dental Hospital, 5 Mill Pool Way, Birmingham, B5 7EG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Joint Head of School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy, Susan Porter, susan.porter@nhs.net

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