Salaried Dental Officer Band A inPontypridd inPontypridd PUBLISHED 15 MAY 2024

The range of treatment provided includes sedation, special care dentistry, paediatrics, general anaesthesia, Access, bariatric care, and domiciliary visits.
The Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Salaried Dental Service is currently looking to appoint a Band A Dental Officer for Community Dental Services (CDS). This is a 37.50 hour, permanent post, providing dental care in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg locality. The post will be based in Dewi Sant Hospital but the successful candidate will be required to work in clinics across all localities, and to carry out domiciliary visits. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is, therefore, essential.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The successful applicant will take up this exciting opportunity with a dynamic team providing the full range of community dentistry as per the guidelines in WHC 021 2021, working alongside consultants, specialists, dentists and a dental therapist.

The post holder will be expected to treat a wide range of patients including treatment under conscious sedation, emergency access sessions and special care dentistry for all ages. The clinics are involved in the outreach training of final year undergraduate dental students and the clinical supervision of Year 2 dentists on the Dental Core Training schemes.

The CDS is one of the largest salaried services in the UK with over 80 staff providing a diverse range of treatment to a widely dispersed population within South Wales. Dental care is provided from 7 fixed clinics and the Dental Teaching Unit, to patients north of the M4. The Directorate serves the valley communities in the Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend areas.

The range of treatment provided includes sedation, special care dentistry, paediatrics, general anaesthesia, Access, bariatric care, and domiciliary visits. The CDS also runs the Welsh Government oral health improvement initiatives, Designed to Smile and Gwen am Byth, and epidemiology surveys in these areas.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.


We Live By Our Core Values


  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: James Gillespie Job title: Associate Clinical Director Email address: Telephone number:
The Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Salaried Dental Service is currently looking to appoint a Band A Dental Officer for Community Dental Services (CDS). This is a 37.50 hour, permanent post, providing dental care in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg locality. The post will be based in Dewi Sant Hospital but the successful candidate will be required to work in clinics across all localities, and to carry out domiciliary visits. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is, therefore, essential.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The successful applicant will take up this exciting opportunity with a dynamic team providing the full range of community dentistry as per the guidelines in WHC 021 2021, working alongside consultants, specialists, dentists and a dental therapist.

The post holder will be expected to treat a wide range of patients including treatment under conscious sedation, emergency access sessions and special care dentistry for all ages. The clinics are involved in the outreach training of final year undergraduate dental students and the clinical supervision of Year 2 dentists on the Dental Core Training schemes.

The CDS is one of the largest salaried services in the UK with over 80 staff providing a diverse range of treatment to a widely dispersed population within South Wales. Dental care is provided from 7 fixed clinics and the Dental Teaching Unit, to patients north of the M4. The Directorate serves the valley communities in the Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend areas.

The range of treatment provided includes sedation, special care dentistry, paediatrics, general anaesthesia, Access, bariatric care, and domiciliary visits. The CDS also runs the Welsh Government oral health improvement initiatives, Designed to Smile and Gwen am Byth, and epidemiology surveys in these areas.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We Live By Our Core Values

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: James Gillespie Job title: Associate Clinical Director Email address: Telephone number:


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