Managing your career in dentistry

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Associates

Advice for members working as self-employed associates, including on contracts.

Employed dentists

Advice for salaried members in the CDS/PDS, academia, armed forces, and other employed settings through our network of workplace accredited representatives (ARs).

Mediation and tribunal

Our expert advisors help members with disputes, offering mediation to avoid costly litigation but also represent members where tribunals are required.

UDA value checker

Estimated UDA value for all NHS contracts in England for comparison between practices and the local and national averages.

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Mediation

Mediation involves an impartial third-party helping parties reach agreement. Our advisors are experienced accredited mediators who are successful in helping members resolve conflict.

Tribunal

A tribunal is a judicial body that is responsible for upholding workspace justice. It’s the main forum for deciding disputes between employers and workers over employment rights.

Leave entitlements

This advice describes the contractual annual leave entitlement of dentists employed under the national terms and conditions for the Community Dental Service (CDS) in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and the Public Dental Service (PDS) in Scotland.

Accredited representatives in the workplace

The work of our network of excellent Accredited Representatives is essential to our success as a trade union.

Employment contracts

Get information about written terms of employment, employment status, contracts, rights and variations here.

Flexible working

This advice, which is relevant to all salaried members, provides information about the right to request flexible working, including who is eligible, how to apply, and the obligations on an employer receiving such a request.

Job planning, appraisal and pay progression

This advice provides key information about job planning and appraisal and how these inform incremental pay progression for dentists working in the salaried dental services (community dental services and public dental services).

Disciplinary and capability procedures

This advice concerns the rights of employees who are subject to formal action regarding their conduct or capability.

Unsocial hours working in the CDS (England)

Redundancy

This advice sets out the statutory rights of employees in a redundancy situation. The contractual redundancy rights of dentists employed on NHS terms and conditions are also explained.

Grievance procedures

This advice, which is relevant to all salaried members, provides general information about grievance procedures. Employers are obliged to have a grievance procedure in place and this must be made available in writing to employees.

Indemnity and clinical representation

Advice on the appropriate indemnity cover and clinical representation in the dental practice.

Career development reading

This collection of articles from BDJ In Practice offering insights into career development in dentistry and the options open to dentists throughout their careers.

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