Senior Dental Officer

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

NHS Highland has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Dental Officer based in Abban Street, Inverness and HMP Inverness.

This post will have a responsibility for the day to day governance, provision of dental treatment and development of dental services to HMP Porterfield and HMP Inverness when this new facility opens.

Abban Street Dental Clinic is a modern 2 surgery dental clinic and HMP Inverness is due to open in 2026 and will have a brand new dental clinic designed within the health centre at HMP Inverness. As well as providing care in this facility for part of the week the successful candidate will also provide routine clinical sessions in Abban Street for patients seen within the remit of the Public Dental Service and participate in the Unscheduled Care Service.

Inverness is a thriving and exciting small city with great services, transport links and schooling and located with unrivalled access to wonderful scenery and great leisure activities.

For informal enquiries please contact [email protected]

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

Care and compassion

Dignity and respect

Openness, honesty and responsibility

Quality and teamwork

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer / contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.