Band 4 Dental Nurse - Restorative 3 Department

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

Birmingham

On-site

GBP 26,000 - 32,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 4 Dental Nurse for the Restorative 3 Department, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and potentially other sites. The role involves flexible duty across the Dental Services and chairs-side support to clinicians.

Working day will be a Friday, with responsibilities spanning clinical assistance, patient preparation, clerical tasks, and dental equipment care.

Responsibilities

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.
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 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 staff and Undergraduate disciplines.
To support and supervise all Apprentice Dental Nurses and Undergraduates.

Job description

Band 4 Dental Nurse - Restorative 3 Department

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Company: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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 Floor 1 Restorative Dental Nursing Team.

Working day will be a Friday.

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

Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Services.

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.
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 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 staff and Undergraduate disciplines.
To support and supervise all Apprentice Dental Nurses and Undergraduates.

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.

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

This advert closes on Saturday 31 Oct 2026

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

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