Dental Hygienist

Job Description

At The Essex Smile Centre, we’re looking for an enthusiastic and detail-oriented Dental Hygienist to join our established dental practice in Rayleigh, Essex.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient oral health outcomes whilst working within a supportive and collaborative clinical environment.

The Role:

• Tuesday & Wednesday surgery availability
• Delivering high-quality patient care, managing your own patient list, and working alongside experienced dentists and support staff to provide comprehensive dental hygiene services
• Delivering comprehensive dental hygiene treatments within your scope of practice, managing an established and diverse patient list, ensuring continuity of care and building strong therapeutic relationships
• Performing thorough patient assessments, identifying oral health concerns, and developing individualised treatment plans in collaboration with the clinical team
• Providing evidence-based oral health education and preventative advice to patients, promoting positive behavioural change. 
• Work collaboratively with dentists and dental nurses, communicating effectively to ensure seamless patient care.

What we're looking for:

• GDC registration as a Dental Hygienist
• Diploma in Dental Hygiene or equivalent recognised qualification
• Demonstrable experience delivering dental hygiene treatments within scope of practice
• Excellent communication and people skills with the ability to build rapport with diverse patient groups
• Confident in patient assessment, treatment planning, and clinical decision-making
• Team-oriented mindset with a positive and proactive approach to collaborative working

By joining PortmanDentex, you’ll be part of a 360+ practice business, which is predominantly focused on private dentistry. This means you get access to our large network of like-minded clinicians, as well as being surrounded by skilled practice teams who’ll partner with you to deliver exceptional patient care. The support doesn’t end there though, we also offer: 

• Full clinical freedom – meaning you can use your preferred equipment, materials, labs, and referral pathways to deliver the best level of care to your patients. We’ll champion you as a self-employed clinician, and ensure you always retain your unique identity  
• Access to first class marketing, branding, and business support – enabling you to maximise your diary utilisation 
• Mentoring and CPD – we can connect you with clinical mentors to guide and advise you, as well as running regular CPD events with some of our best-in-class dentists and specialists 
• Support from Clinical Leads – we have team of practising clinicians who split their week between delivering outstanding care to their patients, and acting as a key link between our clinicians and the wider business. 

Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect and are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, disability, age, or nationality.