Dental Officer

Overview

Location: St Helena Island, South Atlantic

Salary: £70k pa, depending on experience and qualifications, plus International Supplement

Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of opening our international airport in 2017, we are not at the stage of self-sufficiency and remain dependent on UK government aid.

Your role will cover direct clinical duties, oral health promotion across the population, health information management, clinical supervision and training. You should offer a full range of general dental services, plus scaling and periodontal treatment for patients in the absence of the Dental Hygienist. You must help to provide an emergency dental service, in and out of hours and assist in the training and CPD of other members of the dental team.

As a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (or equivalent) with registration and good standing with the UK General Dental Council or equivalent body, you are clinically up to date with CPD requirements and with the latest guidelines, policies and procedures. You have substantial primary dental care experience and proof of Hepatitis B immunity.

In addition, you must demonstrate our core values of fairness, integrity and teamwork and use your diverse expertise and experiences to ensure your time on the Island has the broadest benefit to St Helena. As an officer funded through the Technical Co-Operation Programme you will be expected to share your knowledge and skills beyond the workplace contributing to workforce, community and capacity development in St Helena.

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• An International Supplement, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh
• Relocation Allowances, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh
• Annual Pension Contribution of 7.5% of salary
• Annual Leave of 30 days per annum plus Public Holidays

An application form is available at sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh where further information can also be found, or you may contact Kedell Worboys on  or via email:

Applications must be sent to recruitment.sh and received by 5 February 2026.

Interviews will be held week commencing 16 February 2026.

To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form. Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered. Please do not submit your CV.

The Public Service positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.

The St Helena Public Service welcomes all applications from across our whole community, including our St Helenian diaspora wishing to return to St Helena. If you are a St Helenian currently living and working overseas, please contact usrecruitment.sh