Band 6 Senior Crown and Bridge Dental Technician

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Crown and Bridge Dental Technician. The ideal candidate will manage complex dental restoration cases and train healthcare students. Responsibilities include collaborating with clinical staff and ensuring high-quality production standards in the dental lab. GDC registration and relevant qualifications are required. This position offers a supportive environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in Continuing Professional Development.
• Ability to construct appliances from start to finish.
• Ability to construct vacuum formed appliances.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate workload to meet service requirements.
• Supervise and train lower grade laboratory staff and students.
• Assist and advise staff on techniques and material selection.

Skills

Ability to construct all types of crowns and bridges

Ability to construct implant supported crowns and bridges

Ability to work autonomously

Computer skills for IT and Cadcam

Education

GDC registration

Bsc/Btech Diploma in Dental Technology/or equivalent

Job description

Band 6 Senior Crown and Bridge Dental Technician

The crown and bridge section of the Production Laboratory deal with complex cases including implant retained medical devices as well as full mouth reconstructions as well as less complex work. We support a range of clinical colleagues and work closely with them regarding the patient workflow, as we are on site it gives us the great opportunity to be able liaise with our patients and be apart of their journey when needed, to offer help and advice. We are also a key part in our dental students learning as we help to support them during their training. Good communication is key and an all around knowledge of crown and bridge work is needed as well as being good at time management of your work load, as we complete our work from start to finish, so you will be responsible for the job all the way through. All of our metal work is completed on cadcam now using Exocad and 3shape. We are a large team and between all 3 sections at peak time, complete between 2,500 and 3,500 units of work per month.

Main duties of the job

Plan, coordinate and prioritise daily personal workload to meet laboratory deadlines on a daily basis to meet service requirements.

To contribute to the supervision and training of the technical work of lower grade laboratory staff and students.

The post holder is responsible for achieving a consistently high standard in the production of precision and highly complex fixed prosthodontics osseo-integrated implant supported structures and restorations including both single and multi-unit metal bonded to ceramic, all ceramic restorations using semi and fully adjustable articulators.

The post holder is responsible for the planning, design and construction of simple, hybrid, complex and evolutionary restorative appliances, in conjunction with Consultants and Senior Clinical Staff

Plan, design and construct diagnostic wax-ups for treatment planning and support the clinician in evaluating patient's expectations and provide them with detailed information by communication with staff Evaluate the quality, ensuring the dental prescription and items supplied from the clinic area are of sufficient quality to proceed with the construction of restorations

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for discussing with and advising Undergraduate Students on matters of techniques, restoration design and material selection.

Clinically assist and advise Consultants, Senior and Junior Clinical Staff and Undergraduate Students with shade matching with regards to patient expectations.

Construct Pro-scan radiographic stents and implant placement guides.

Plans, designs and constructs diagnostic wax-ups, including occlusal splints, both hard and soft for treatment planning. TMJ analysis and occlusal rehabilitation cases.

To be proficient in the production in the above mentioned the post holder will need to be familiar with the use of porcelain, composite materials, precious and non-precious cast dental alloys including the production of precision working models

Assist in the routine day-to-day running of the laboratory and assist Undergraduate students, Clinical and nursing staff with enquires and the collection of completed work using the laboratory dedicated Microsoft Access computer system.

Key Relationships

To establish effective working relation with the following:

• Production Laboratory Manager
• Deputy Production Laboratory Manager
• Group Clinical Manager
• Group Manager
• Dental Laboratory administrator
• Consultants
• Registrars
• Dental Core Trainees, 1, 2, 3

Person Specification

Qualifications and CPD

• GDC registration
• Bsc/Btech Diploma in Dental Technology/or equivalent
• Demonstrate interest in Continuing Professional Development

Experience and Knowledge

• ability to construct all types of crowns and bridges
• ability to construct all types of implant supported crowns and bridges
• ability to construct appliances from start to finish
• ability to construct a range vacuum formed appliances
• ability to construct full range diagnostic wax ups
• computer skills for IT and Cadcam

Communication and organisational skills

• ability to work to deadlines
• ability to work autonomously and within the team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Production Laboratory 2nd Floor, Birmingham Dental Hospital