Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a permanent Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse to manage and develop the Dental Nurse Team. Responsibilities include ensuring high patient care standards, supporting clinical functions, and delivering Dentistry training. The ideal candidate should possess excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, be an experienced Dental Nurse, and be able to work autonomously within a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced Dental Nurse with a focus on leadership and team management.
• Ability to provide high standards of patient care.
• Experience in delivering training and development in Dentistry.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the Dental Nurse Team for effective service delivery.
• Support clinical specialties and ensure adherence to Trust procedures.
• Educate dental nursing teams to meet patient needs.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Leadership skills

Education

Registered Dental Nurse qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Restorative 3 Department at Birmingham Dental Hospital for a permanent Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse.

The post holder has to be an experienced Dental Nurse who has excellent interpersonal, organisational and leadership skills and will work in close collaboration with the Dental Nurse Managers, Dental Matrons and Clinical Leads. The role will include responsibility for the management and development of the Dental Nurse Team to ensure smooth running of the service.

The post holder will support the clinical speciality to ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care and that all Trust policies and procedures are adhered to. This will include chairside activity as well as supporting the Dental Nurse Manager and other Senior Dental Nurses in the delivery of Dentistry training and development of the Service. They will also educate and develop dental nursing teams to respond to the complex needs of patients that meet the acceptance criteria across the service.

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.

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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), Community and Mobile Clinics and /or additional external sites as required.

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

Please see the attached Job Description for detailed roles and responsibilities.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Aug 2025