Band 4 Dental Nurse

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking enthusiastic Band 4 Dental Nurses to join the Community Dental Nursing Team in Birmingham. This part-time role involves providing high-quality dental care, assisting clinicians, and ensuring efficient clinic operations. Ideal candidates will have a Dental Nurse qualification and relevant experience in a dental setting.

Qualifications

• Dental Nurse qualification enabling GDC registration required.
• Experience in a dental team is essential.
• Desirable experience with children and medically compromised patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair side assistance to clinicians.
• Maintain patient care and confidentiality.
• Prepare and monitor patients for dental treatment.

Skills

Patient care

Clerical duties

Teamwork

Education

Dental Nurse qualification (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent)

Registered with the General Dental Council

Job description

Job summary

Are you looking for a new exciting career within the NHS? Are you patient focussed and want to deliver high quality dental care? We are seeking enthusiastic, hardworking dental nurses to join the Community Dental Nursing Team.

We currently have a vacancy for a Band 4 Dental Nurse:

22.5 hours / 0.6 WTE / Working days to be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Based in the Birmingham locality at the Attwood Green Health Centre

Working flexibly within the dental team to provide high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Community Dental Services (CDS) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required, and at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH).

Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Community Dental Services (CDS).

1. To provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
2. To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.

Main duties of the job

- Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.

- To prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre and post operative instructions as required.

- To undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs as required.

- To ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.

- To provide chair side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.

- To provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician

- To assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.

- To support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.

- To support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Details

Date posted: 21 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 4

Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 820-7192243-DEN

Job locations

Attwood Green Health Centre

30 Bath Row

Birmingham

B15 1LZ

Job description

For a detailed description of the role, please see attached Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse job descriptions and person specifications for each vacancy.

Person Specification

Education (Essential):

• A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council, e.g., NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing, or Dental Nursing National Certificate in Dental Nursing / Gained entry onto GDC register via grand-parenting (pre 2008).
• Registered with the General Dental Council.

Experience (Essential):

• Relevant experience working as part of a dental team, e.g., General Practice, Hospital, other Primary Dental Services / Community Dental Services experiencing chair side duties.

Desirable:

• Experience of working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients, and patients with learning disabilities.

Additional requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a DBS check.

Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. For further info, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more info, see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address: Attwood Green Health Centre, 30 Bath Row, Birmingham, B15 1LZ

Website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/