Associate Dentist (Mixed)
Colchester, Essex, East Anglia, England
Competitive
Expiry date:19 Jul 2026
Start date:20 Apr 2026
🦷 Associate Dentist – Mixed Role (New Patient Focus) | Thurs & Fri 🦷
No UDA Pressure | Private Growth Opportunity | Permanent Position
We are seeking an experienced and patient-focused Associate Dentist to join a well-established mixed practice in a unique, growth-focused role centred around new patient intake and private conversion.
This position is ideal for a clinician who is confident clinically and enjoys building relationships, developing trust, and growing a private patient base over time, rather than working to strict UDA targets. ✨
📍 The Role:
🏥 About the Practice:
Essential:
Dental Recruit Network are a trusted supplier of NHS and Private Dental services. We supply work to Dental Nurses, Dental Receptionists, Practice Managers, Dental Hygienists and Dentists. We are one of the fastest growing recruitment agencies in the UK and supply Nationwide. Dental Recruit Network are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
No UDA Pressure | Private Growth Opportunity | Permanent Position
We are seeking an experienced and patient-focused Associate Dentist to join a well-established mixed practice in a unique, growth-focused role centred around new patient intake and private conversion.
This position is ideal for a clinician who is confident clinically and enjoys building relationships, developing trust, and growing a private patient base over time, rather than working to strict UDA targets. ✨
📍 The Role:
- Position: Associate Dentist
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Practice Type: Mixed
- Working Days: Thursday & Friday
- Start Date: ASAP 🚀
- Thursday: 09:00 – 19:00
- Friday: 09:00 – 16:30
- Optional Saturday sessions (09:00 – 13:00) available
- Full-time hours also available across the week if desired
- £13 per UDA (used flexibly, not target-driven)
- 50% private split 💸
- 50/50 lab fees
- Strong potential to grow private income through new patient conversion
🏥 About the Practice:
- Established mixed practice with strong patient demand
- Focus on new patient growth and long-term patient relationships
- Modern, well-equipped surgeries
- SOE (Software of Excellence) system
- Supportive and experienced clinical team 🤝
- Wide range of treatments offered in-house
- General Dentistry
- Invisalign / Orthodontics
- Implants
- Facial aesthetics (Botox)
- Opportunity to develop and grow private treatment offerings
- Managing and treating a steady flow of new patients
- Building trust and long-term patient relationships
- Converting appropriate cases into private treatment plans
- Delivering high-quality, ethical dentistry with a patient-first approach
- Growing and maintaining your own private patient list over time
Essential:
- GDC-registered Dentist with NHS Performer Number
- Previous experience in general dentistry
- Confident clinician capable of building and developing a patient list
- Strong communication skills and a relationship-driven approach
- Patient, professional, and commercially aware mindset
- No high-pressure UDA targets – focus on quality and relationship-building
- Strong opportunity to develop a private book from new patients
- Flexible structure allowing organic growth of your diary
- Supportive environment with a clear strategy for private development
- Access to a wide range of treatments to support clinical progression
Dental Recruit Network are a trusted supplier of NHS and Private Dental services. We supply work to Dental Nurses, Dental Receptionists, Practice Managers, Dental Hygienists and Dentists. We are one of the fastest growing recruitment agencies in the UK and supply Nationwide. Dental Recruit Network are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

