Dental Nurse Manager/Senior Dental Nurse Tutor

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital trust in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Band 7 Registered Dental Nurse. The role involves supporting the Dental Matron in managing teams, ensuring clinical excellence, and delivering dental education. The successful candidate will have experience in managerial roles and be able to inspire teams. The position offers a salary of £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, and applications close on 05/01/2026.

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience.
• Registered Dental Nurse with managerial experience.
• Recognised teaching qualification (e.g., Certificate in Further Education).

Responsibilities

• Manage registered dental nursing team within the Dental Directorate.
• Ensure effective deployment of staffing resources.
• Support teams with optimisation of the digital programme.

Skills

Managerial experience

Effective planning

Communication skills

Coaching experience

Education

Registered Dental Nurse (RDN)

Degree in relevant subject

Recognised teaching qualification

Job description

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 21/01/2026

Band 7

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Registered Dental Nurse to support the Dental Matron in the management of dental nurse teams supporting clinical care and delivering dental nurse education.

The successful candidate will have experience in managerial role within dental nursing and will be able to motivate and inspire teams to deliver clinical and educational excellence.

In addition to having the responsibility for ensuring that the dental nurse resource is effectively utilised across the Directorate you will also be the focal point for issues relating to quality management, clinical governance, professional development and control of infection within the dental nursing team.

• Interview Date Wednesday 21 January 2026
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

• To support the matron in directly managing the registered dental nursing team within the Dental Directorate ensuring effective deployment of the staffing resource to meet service needs.
• Support the dental nursing teams with optimisation of the digital programme.
• Assist in the organisation and co-ordination of work experience programmes within the Dental Hospital.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be a highly visible professional lead for Dental Nursing within the Dental Directorate establishing and maintaining professional standards within the dental nursing team.
• Directly manage the registered dental nursing team within the Dental Directorate ensuring effective deployment of the staffing resource to meet service needs.
• Be the focal point for control of infection, quality and governance issues within the dental nursing team linking with Directorate Clinical Specialty Leads, consultants, Trust-wide and Directorate governance and safety processes; in doing so ensure that delivered care is of the highest standard.
  To facilitate the professional development of registered dental nurses and apprentice dental nurses within the dental directorate.
• Organise and co-ordinate work experience programmes within the Dental Directorate.
  

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• • Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
• • Registered Dental Nurse (RDN) with a wide range of clinical, educational and managerial experience
• • Driving license and access to personal transport
• • Qualified Dental Nurse Assessor
• • Recognised teaching qualification e.g. Certificate in Further Education or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

• • Specialist knowledge of RDN clinical practice, educational standards and qualifications
• • Teaching/coaching experience
• • Understanding of educational awarding body requirements and educational contracting processes
• • Budgetary management experience
• • Working knowledge of Health & Safety procedures

Skills & Abilities

• • Effective planning and organisational skills
• • Excellent communication skills
• • Effective listening/counselling skills

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.