Dental Receptionist
- Employer
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Petersfield, GU32 3LB
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 18 August 2026
- Closing date
- 1 September 2026
Role overview
Are you an enthusiastic, flexible, reliable team player with excellent communication skills? HIOWH Special Care Dental Service is looking to recruit a Dental Receptionist to work within the Special Care Dental clinic situated within Petersfield Community Hospital.
Our service delivers routine and urgent care to patients, adults and children who are unable to access care in the General Dental Services due to their additional needs. This includes adults and children with a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, social impairment or disability and individuals with behavioural difficulties or dental anxiety.
You will provide reception and administrative support to the whole dental team, providing an efficient effective service for our special care patients. There will be a need for you to provide cover as and when needed at the other clinics with the possibility for travel over the wider area of Hampshire.
You will be confident, able to work under pressure with the ability to communicate effectively, delivering care with dignity and respect in a kind compassionate manner. It is important that applicants can demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication skills, excellent IT and organisational skills, and knowledge of a dental software package would be an advantage.
Please note that, due to budgetary limitations, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK without employer sponsorship.
Administrative support for Dental Officer, Dental Therapist and Dental Nurse, ensuring smooth running of clinics and/or dental administration offices. Be responsible for opening and closing of dental clinic premises.
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Provide general clerical support including typing correspondence and clinical letters, mail handling, stock control and photocopying. Maintain appropriate records, registry system (postal), and file correspondence and clinical records, ensuring compliance with the agreed record keeping systems of the Trust, including completion of NHS Dental Forms.
Order and maintain stock, stationery and consumables. File records, clinical correspondence and radiographs.
Take minutes for meetings as and when required to do so. Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.