Oral Health Educator
The closing date is 31 March 2026
To deliver oral health education and promotion programmes, providing advice and resources to a broad spectrum of clients, including groups of the population and individuals, and to develop materials for use in oral health education.
To facilitate supervised toothbrushing clubs in SEND schools and nurseries and obtain relevant data under the direction of the oral health promotion manager.
Support the Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry in the delivery of the fluoride varnish programme in clinic and Specialist Schools.
Main duties of the job
To maintain and develop partnership working within early years settings to improve oral health.
To communicate and liaise with early year providers, health promotion staff and others involved in organisation and delivery of oral health promotion programmes.
To have the ability to support children, young people and families regarding concerns about their oral health.
To support children, young people and families through evidence‑based programmes, partnership approach and referrals to evidence‑based services.
To provide training, resources and information to SEND settings taking part in a supervised toothbrushing club.
To extend Supervised toothbrushing clubs to SEND schools.
To provide these schools and nurseries extra support to set up a supervised toothbrushing club by delivering launch events.
Provide detailed information on activities including STB clubs, 'take home' packs and fluoride varnish programme in SEND schools.
To provide training and oral health support to children with additional needs and those not in education and foster care/children's homes and their parent/carer.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Oral Health Promotion Team provides an oral health improvement programme in Sheffield to improve oral health for our local communities and reduce inequalities particularly of children and young people and vulnerable adults.
The oral health team work within a range of settings through partnerships between health, local authorities and the voluntary independent sector. The Community and Special Care Dental Service is the main provider of special care dentistry in Sheffield. The service provides dental care in community settings for children and adults who have difficulty accessing dental treatment in general dental practice or who require special care dentistry on a referral basis.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of twelve months due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.
All existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Oral Health Education Certificate
* Level 4 teaching certificate or equivalent
Experience
* Previous experience of oral health promotion work with individuals and/or groups
* Previous experience of working with or knowledge of staff working in health education and special care
* Experience of working within a nursery/school setting
Skills and Knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of Public Health England Delivering Better Oral health document
* Good organisational skills and able to work as a team member and on own initiative.
* Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport equipment, the post holder is required to be either car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to a suitable alternative means of transport.
* Good communication skills at all levels and an understanding of the communication barriers related to the services specialist client groups
Personal Qualities
* Able to work unsupervised
* Ability to work autonomously
* Ability and willingness to acquire new skills
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.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata for part time staff
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