Community Dental Nurse

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a dedicated Community Dental Nurse to provide high-quality care in various dental services. The ideal candidate will have a QCF Level 3 in Oral Health or equivalent and demonstrate excellent communication, leadership, and clinical skills. Responsibilities include patient support, chair-side assistance, and coordinating dental materials. This full-time role is critical in delivering exceptional care across multiple locations in London, with a salary between £27,485 to £30,162 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering high-quality patient care.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment.
• Strong leadership skills to manage nursing duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair-side assistance and support the dental team.
• Deliver high-quality customer service to patients.
• Organise dental kits for domiciliary visits.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Clinical skills

Education

QCF Level 3 in Oral Health/Dental Nursing

Functional Skills at Level 2 in English and Maths

Job description

Community Dental Nurse

The closing date is 23 December 2025

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full time Band 4 Dental Nurse in Community Dental Services based at St Leonards Hospital in Inner NorthEast London (INEL).

We are seeking to appoint someone who is passionate about delivering a high‑quality standard of care to our patients across the London borough of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham.

The range of services includes Sedation, Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Domiciliary care, Bariatric and Dental Mobile service (Homeless/Medium secure unit).

You will need to be able to work in a very busy environment whilst remaining calm and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of and commitment to delivering excellent standards of care.

A Team Leader with specific responsibility for providing chair‑side Dental Nursing for a special care group of patients in clinical setting and on outreach. Whilst the post will be based at an agreed clinic the role is peripatetic and will involve covering all dental sites in INEL.

You will be required to have the qualification level specified in the person specification in order to carry out the job, however, we do welcome applicants from individuals wishing to further their knowledge and skills and to gain this recognised qualification, which we will support. So, if you do not have the essential qualification for the role, this may not be an automatic barrier to you being offered an interview.

Main duties of the job

You will be delivering high‑quality customer services to patients and visitors, providing chair‑side assistance, visiting patients in the community (domiciliary, Homeless centres and the medium secure unit in mobile dental unit), covering reception and supporting the entire dental team.

Organisation of the dental kits and materials for domicile dental visits.

Undertake specific roles as and when directed by the Dental Nurse team leader to support the day‑to‑day running of the clinics, implementing service initiatives/developments to ensure compliance with regulatory standards including, but not limited to, CQC, Dental Practice Inspections, Standard Operating Procedures, Health & Safety Risk Assessment etc.

Dental Nurse to ensure standardised practices across all sites.

You will need to demonstrate strong leadership, with the ability to work independently, proactively and under pressure.

The attached job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the main duties in job description and criteria in the person specification.

About us

Rated "outstanding" by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This information is not shared with anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short‑listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.

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Job responsibilities

As a community trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application.

We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non‑clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #come to community.

Person Specification

Qualification

• (QCF) Level 3 in Oral Health/Dental Nursing. This could be an NVQ Level 3 apprenticeship, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in healthcare and maintenance of GDC registration
• Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A‑C/ 4‑9 or equivalent in English and Maths)
• Experience of radiology and a qualification in RA/IV would be advantageous

Knowledge & Skills

• You will need sound communication skills in order to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Work together with colleagues and other teams across the Trust.
• You will need to remain professional, work well under pressure and organise your own work in order to prioritise care delivery in line with trust policies and procedures.
• You will need to have hand and eye coordination to use your clinical skills to assemble equipment, mix dental materials and hold instruments in position for the practitioner.

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.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata