For practices
Seconding a dentist.
You need a dentist for a longer period, but self-employment isn’t a sustainable arrangement — for instance because they are a fixed part of your rota. Then secondment is the route: the dentist joins our payroll and works in your practice.
Why this comes up so often.
For a dentist the day stands or falls with the schedule: when someone drops out, it isn’t just the care that suffers — revenue drops straight away too. In a solo practice you notice that within a week.
Honestly: per hour, secondment costs you more than a self-employed contractor. In return, the employer’s risk and the hirer’s liability don’t sit with you, and you can secure someone for a longer period without any debate about the arrangement. Whether that’s worth it depends on your situation — we simply run the numbers with you.
How it works.
We look at the arrangement together
What do you need, for how long, and how many days a week? From that it follows whether secondment is the right arrangement or something else fits better.
We handle the employer side
Contract, salary payments, insurance and sick leave sit with us. We work with an SNA-registered and NEN 4400-1 certified partner.
You get the cover
The person works in your practice and your rota. If anything comes up, you call us — not a payroll department.
Also possible.
Hiring a locum dentist
Need a locum dentist for a day or a longer period? We know our locums personally and know who has room.
Recruiting a dentist
Recruiting a dentist for a permanent role: a practice visit first, a handful of candidates worth interviewing, and guidance through to the signature.
Hiring a self-employed dentist
Hiring a self-employed dentist is allowed as long as the work is genuinely independent.
Seconding a dental hygienist
The same approach, for a dental hygienist.
Recruitment and selection in dental care
Looking for a permanent hire? This is how we approach recruitment and selection.
Frequently asked questions.
How is this different from hiring a self-employed contractor?
With a self-employed contractor you hire a business owner who sets their own rate and has several clients. With secondment the dentist is our employee and works in your practice. The latter is allowed even when someone is a structural part of your rota on fixed days.
Do I carry any risk as the hirer?
No. We work with an SNA-registered and NEN 4400-1 certified partner; payroll tax and social contributions are secured that way. That is exactly why this route exists.
Can someone join our payroll later on?
Yes. Temp-to-perm is a common route: someone starts through us and joins your payroll after an agreed period. What applies is agreed up front, not afterwards.
How long am I committed for?
That is up to you, in consultation with us. We don’t work with contracts you can never get out of; what we agree is in the quote before you sign.
Shall we begin?
Put your question to us, or first look at who is available right now — that shows you straight away what kind of people we have in our network.