Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Senior Dental Nurse, where you will lead a dedicated team in delivering exceptional patient care. This role encompasses a variety of responsibilities, from managing clinical operations to training and mentoring staff. You will play a crucial role in maintaining high standards of care while ensuring compliance with health and safety protocols. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the community. If you are passionate about dental care and eager to contribute to a team-focused environment, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Dental Nurse qualification enabling GDC registration is essential.
• Experience in managing dental staff and patient care is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of patient care and manage clinical duties.
• Support dental services and ensure compliance with health protocols.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Clinical Skills

Organizational Skills

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Education

Dental Nurse Qualification (NVQ Level 3)

Level 3 Management Qualification

Post Qualification in Dental Nursing

Job description

Main area Dental Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: Monday to Friday Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 820-7119343-DEN

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Floor 1, Restorative 3, Birmingham Dental Hospital. Town Birmingham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 (per annum) Salary period Yearly Closing 11/05/2025 23:59

Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

Senior Dental Nurse work within a dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the integrated Dental Service, Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and /or additional external sites as required.

Senior Dental Nurse will be responsible for the efficient operation in the Restorative One Department within the Birmingham Dental Hospital and work alongside Specialist Dental Nurses to support the Division’s aim of providing high quality care for patients. Post holders will be expected to work flexibly across different sites/departments where dental treatment is provided.

There is a requirement to work autonomously to manage a team and use significant discretion when clinical and staffing issues arise.

Main duties of the job

The role involves maintaining high standards of patient care, supporting dental services, managing clinical duties, ensuring equipment maintenance, and adhering to health and safety protocols. It includes staff training, auditing, risk management, incident handling, and liaising with departments for service improvement. Leadership duties include managing Band 4 dental nurses, supervising apprentices, conducting performance reviews, ensuring compliance with GDC guidelines, and handling staff performance and absence. The position also involves training staff, ensuring mandatory training, mentoring, and evaluating apprentices. Budgetary responsibilities include stock control, ordering consumables, and supporting service needs.

Please see detailed job description and personal specification for roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (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, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation 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 better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council i.e. 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
• Hold a Level 3 Management Qualification or equivalent e.g. ILM
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Possess a recognised Post Qualification e.g. Dental Sedation Nursing, Dental Implant Nursing, Dental Radiography, Orthodontics

Experience

• Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
• Relevant experience in day to day management of staff
• Demonstrate full commitment to supporting undergraduates to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standard
• Evidence of experience in service redesign and change of clinical financial management

Skills/knowledge

• Evidence understanding of clinical stock/budget management
• Evidence of advanced clinical skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to lead and work as a team member
• Evidence of managing complex situations and patient complaints
• Evidence of an ability to motivate others
• Adaptable and responsive to change
• Ability to create and deliver training materials etc. Power Point Presentations/Tutorials
• Be Approachable
• Show Compassionate and Empathy
• Display Professionalism
• Have a Positive Attitude
• Be Committed to the Profession and our clients
• Be Productive
• Show Reliability

Other job requirements

• Flexibility
• Ability to deal with emotional & distressing situations
• Ability to meet travel requirements of the role

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.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.