Safety and Quality Specialist
Portman Dental Care
Posted: 10/21/2026
Trust & Safety Specialist
Checkatrade
Posted: 10/14/2026Safety and Quality Specialist
Portman Dental CareCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in dental compliance, quality management, and regulatory standards, with a strong focus on infection prevention, risk assessment, and incident management. Proven ability to provide training, support, and strategic advice to enhance patient safety and operational quality across dental practices.
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Dental Compliance ExperienceQuality Management ExpertiseInfection Prevention KnowledgeStrong Communication SkillsAudit Qualification
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide field-based support to dental practices to ensure regulatory compliance and high-quality patient care
- Promote a culture of quality improvement across designated practices
- Provide expert advice, training and support on dental compliance, patient safety and quality management
- Develop quality policies, strategies and decision-making with the Safety and Quality Manager
- Support compliance and quality management software implementation and training
- Monitor quality and compliance performance, analyse trends, and support action planning and risk management
- Advise Practice Managers on regulatory compliance
- Support patient complaint management
- Ensure effective incident management, patient feedback processes and internal operational audits
- Lead and coordinate internal compliance audits, including site visits, interviews, evidence collection and data analysis
- Conduct assurance audits against CQC and other regulatory standards
- Prepare practices for regulatory inspections and internal audits
- Advise on infection prevention and control, decontamination, radiation protection, sedation, safeguarding, Freedom to Speak Up and GDC standards
- Support health and safety requirements, including risk assessments, COSHH and radiation safety
- Establish operational audit programmes with Practice Managers
- Collate quality-related data for audits, reporting and information requests
- Use audit findings to improve quality, compliance and performance
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience of compliance within the dental sector
- Understanding of quality and compliance requirements, including infection prevention and control, decontamination and radiation safety
- Excellent communication, presentation, mediation and negotiation skills
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to produce clear, concise reports and communications
- Ability to interpret complex information and translate it into practical advice and actions
- Proactive, can-do attitude and ability to work effectively under pressure
- Access to own vehicle
- Valid UK driving licence
- Willingness to travel across a designated geographical area
- Experience working in a multi-site environment (desirable)
- GDC registration (desirable)
- Relevant Health and Safety qualification (desirable)
- Audit qualification (desirable)
Benefits
Comp & perks- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and GP service
- In-house Mental Health First Aider programme
- Bonus scheme based on business performance
- Birthday off
- Option to buy three additional days
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Life assurance
- Pension scheme
- Competitive basic salary
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Hard Skills
Regulatory ComplianceQuality ImprovementIncident ManagementData AnalysisOperational AuditsRisk ManagementPatient SafetyQuality Policies DevelopmentTraining and SupportCQC Standards Compliance
Soft Skills
Excellent Attention to DetailStrong Organisational SkillsPresentation SkillsNegotiation SkillsAbility to Work Under Pressure
Tools & Technologies
Compliance Management SoftwareQuality Management Software
Certifications & Qualifications
GDC RegistrationHealth and Safety QualificationAudit Qualification
Industry Keywords
Dental SectorInfection ControlDecontaminationRadiation SafetyFreedom to Speak UpCOSHHMulti-Site Environment