Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse Oral Surgery/Medicine/Unscheduled

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Park Central; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in Park Central is seeking a Band 5 Specialist Sedation Dental Nurse to join their Oral Surgery team. The role involves delivering high-quality dental care, providing assistance during treatments, and ensuring patient safety and comfort. Candidates should have a post qualification in conscious sedation and be prepared to work flexibly across various clinics. This is an opportunity to contribute to integrated healthcare in the local community.

Qualifications

• Post qualification in conscious sedation covering IV and Inhalation Sedation.
• Expected to work Monday to Saturday from 08:00 to 20:00.
• Ability to work flexibly across various dental service locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
• Carry out clerical and administrative duties for clinic operation.
• Prepare and monitor patients for dental treatment.

Skills

Patient focus

Dynamic teamwork

High-quality care

Education

Post qualification in conscious sedation

Job description

Overview

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 an enthusiastic, dynamic and hard working Band 5 Specialist Sedation Dental Nurse to join the Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Unscheduled Dental Care nursing team at Birmingham Dental Hospital.

The post holder will need to hold a post qualification in conscious sedation covering both IV and Inhalation Sedation.

The post holder is expected to work on Monday to Saturday between the hours of 08:00 to 20:00 to support the service need.

To work flexibly within a dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and Community Dental Services (CDS) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required.

Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Hospital and within our outreach sites.

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 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.
• To support the patients through the conscious sedation pathway by providing chairside assistance, give pre-op and post-op instructions, prepare patients for discharge.

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 5 Specialist Dental Nurse job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025