Band 4 Dental Nurse

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Job summary

A leading NHS foundation is seeking a Band 4 Dental Nurse to join its community dental team. This part-time role involves providing patient care, maintaining high standards of cleanliness, and supporting clinicians during procedures. Candidates must have relevant dental qualifications and experience working with diverse patient groups.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays

Dedicated well-being services for employees

Discounts for local and national retailers

Flexible working where possible

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a dental team and with various patient demographics.
• Up to date knowledge of dental nursing protocols.
• Ability to work under pressure and initiate tasks independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair-side assistance during dental treatments.
• Prepare and monitor patients for procedures.
• Maintain dental equipment and ensure all emergency drugs are current.

Skills

Organisational skills

Knowledge of dental procedures

Computer Skills

Education

Professional Registration with General Dental Council

Other Dental Nursing post qualifications

Job description

Main area Dental Grade Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (For 12-months to cover maternity.) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Working days to be Wednesday and Thursday. Based in the Birmingham locality at the Richmond Health Centre.) Job ref 820-7212640-DEN

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Richmond Health Centre Town Birmingham Salary £26,530 - £29,114 Per annum / Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 10/07/2025

Band 4 Dental Nurse

Band 4

Job overview

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, hard working dental nurses to join the Community Dental Nursing Team.

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

15.0 hours / 0.4 WTE – Temporary for 12 months. Working days to be Wednesday and Thursday. Based in the Birmingham locality at the Richmond 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).

• To provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
• 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

• Professional Registration with General Dental Council
• Other Dental Nursing post qualifications

Experience

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

Skills and Knowledge

• To interact professionally with individuals
• Understand the principles of confidentiality
• Up to date knowledge in all areas of dental nursing
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Organisational skills
• Good working knowledge of cross infection procedures
• Computer Skills
• Knowledge of dental procedures

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Beverly Taylor Job title Dental Nurse Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07872 415 383 Additional information

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Monday26 May

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Wednesday 28 May

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