Dental Nurse

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Yate; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Dental Nurse to join the Outpatient Treatment Centre. You will provide chairside support to dentists, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care throughout the patient journey.

The role requires GDC registration and a patient-centred approach, with infection prevention and clinical governance at the forefront. The post offers a dynamic team environment within a busy Treatment Centre, with opportunities to develop skills

Qualifications

• Registered Dental Nurse with GDC registration.
• Oral health certificate required.
• Commitment to infection prevention and patient care standards.
• Experience with maxillofacial or specialist areas is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide chairside support to dentists during outpatient and day case procedures.
• Prepare surgical environments and equipment for treatments.
• Assist in medicines management and stock control.
• Support learning and professional development within the team.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Infection control

Patient care

Education

GDC registration—Dental Nurse

Oral health certificate

Job description

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Dental Nurse

The closing date is 18 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Dental Nurse to join the dedicated team within the Outpatient Treatment Centre at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality chairside support to dentists and clinicians delivering a range of outpatient and day case dental procedures. You will play a key role in ensuring patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care throughout their treatment journey.

The successful candidate will be a qualified and GDC registered Dental Nurse with excellent communication and organisational skills. You will have a patient centred approach, be able to work effectively under pressure and demonstrate a commitment to maintaining high standards of infection prevention, clinical governance and patient care.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a supportive environment, contributing to a wide range of dental services while developing your skills and experience within a busy Treatment Centre setting.

This role requires Registration as a Dental Care Professional on the GDC RegisterBase Locations: Poole HospitalInterview date: Monday, 23rd November 2026

Main duties of the job

Work as a registered Dental Nurse with specialist knowledge of maxillofacial, head and neck oncology and restorative dentistry.

Using their advanced knowledge to run their own patient facing clinics.

To work closely with dental practitioners and other team members in the provision of high-quality care to patients, including children and those who may have a variety of special needs.

To be responsible for preparing the surgical environment and equipment for clinical treatments.

To participate in maintaining a high-quality service and proactively seeking to improve services through innovation, clinical governance, audits and quality improvements.

Assist in developing and maintaining a suitable and stimulating learning environment for the ongoing professional development of other staff and students.

Undertake medicines management duties within the scope of the Dental Nurse role, including the safe handling, storage, checking and documentation of medications, maintaining stock levels, monitoring expiry dates, supporting clinicians during the administration of medicines

About us

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust's Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Job responsibilities

Please see Job description and Person specification for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration as a Dental Care Professional on the GDC Register
• Oral health certificate
• oFurther knowledge and training in specialist areas e.g. maxillofacial, health promotion, implants or equivalent level of experience

Experience

• Experience of Maxillofacial Surgery within a hospital theatre setting.
• Experience supervising and teaching less experienced staff.
• Previous experience of LA surgical procedures
• Knowledge of Prosthetics and/or implantology work, craniofacial reconstruction
• Experience running nurse led clinics

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust