Clinical Dental Adviser

Salary: £66,224 - £77,910 per annum (pro rata)

Location: Home-Based

Hours: Part-time - 21 hours - 3 days per week

Contract: Permanent

The General Dental Council (GDC) has an exciting opportunity for a practising GDC-registered dentist to become a Clinical Dental Adviser. Working in our Fitness to Practise Department alongside GDC colleagues, you will ensure that appropriate and timely clinical advice is provided on all relevant cases.

We would like to hear from you if you are passionate about the contribution the GDC makes to improving healthcare services and value, if you understand the far-reaching impact of our work, and if you approach your work with the same high levels of integrity and objectivity that we do.

About You

We are looking for someone:

- With outstanding communication skills, both written and oral.
- Who will enjoy working as part of a team to help make reasoned, balanced, and sometimes very challenging, decisions.
- Who is able to analyse and assess clinical evidence and to set out their opinions about the standard of the care a patient has received.
- Who can give advice to colleagues about what evidence might be required to progress an investigation.
- Who has experience of managing a large and varied workload, bringing high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
- With experience of the legal and regulatory framework within which the GDC operates.

To be eligible to apply, you must be a practising Dentist without any live fitness to practise investigations or adverse FtP history.

About us

Our primary purpose is to protect patient safety and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education.

Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints. Equality and diversity are not just words; they are what make our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.

Benefits

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.

To support this, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development.

Some of our benefits include:

- 27 days' holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) - rising to 30 days (plus 8 bank holidays) after 2 years’ service (pro rata)
- Flexi-time scheme
- Employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Buy/Sell annual leave
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 year’s service.
- Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
- Staff discounts, including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

How to apply:

For further details about the role, and to apply, please click the apply button.

As part of your supporting statement, please explain how your skills and experience align with the criteria in the person specification set out within the job description.

A Job Description for the role is available when you apply. Should you have any questions however, please contact our Recruitment Team.

Applications are welcomed from all suitably qualified dentists. An interest in dental implant treatment and/or orthodontics would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 17 May 2026

Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

The GDC is committed to equality and diversity. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds.