Band 4 Dental Nurse | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Band 4 Dental Nurse to join its Community Dental Nursing Team. This role involves working flexibly to provide high-quality dental care, assisting clinicians and managing administrative tasks. Candidates must be patient-focused and capable of delivering care in various settings, including mobile clinics and dental hospitals. Enthusiastic dental nurses will find this role rewarding as they support patient health and well-being. This position offers part-time hours, primarily on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Qualifications

• Experience in a dental environment preferred.
• Ability to assist in general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions.
• Commitment to maintaining patient confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair-side assistance to clinicians.
• Carry out administrative duties for efficient operation.
• Maintain high standards of patient care and confidentiality.
• Prepare and monitor patients for their dental treatment.
• Ensure medical emergency equipment is available.
• Support and supervise apprentice nurses and students.

Skills

Patient care

Clerical duties

Oral health education

Emergency medical assistance

Job description

Are you looking for a new exciting career within the NHS? Are you patient focused 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: 22.5 hours / 0.6 WTE / Working days to be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Based in the Birmingham locality at the Sparkbrook 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).

Responsibilities

• Provide chair‑side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
• Carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.
• Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.
• Prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre‑ and post‑operative instructions as required.
• Undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments and arrange any necessary repairs.
• Ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
• Provide chair‑side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
• Provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
• Assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental Service.
• Support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
• Support and supervise all apprentice nurses and undergraduate groups.

About BCHC

BCHC has more than 5,000 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 provide 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.

For a detailed description of the role, please see attached Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Monday 24 Nov 2025.