Dental Nurse Manager/Senior Dental Nurse Tutor

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking an experienced Dental Nurse Manager/Senior Dental Nurse Tutor. The successful candidate will supervise dental nursing teams and ensure quality governance while delivering education. A degree in a relevant subject, RDN registration, and teaching qualifications are required. Excellent planning and managerial skills are essential for success in this role, alongside a commitment to clinical excellence and professional development.

Qualifications

• Specialist knowledge of RDN clinical practice, educational standards and qualifications.
• Teaching/coaching experience is required.
• Understanding of educational awarding body requirements and educational contracting processes.
• Driving licence and access to personal transport is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the matron in managing the registered dental nursing team.
• Be the focal point for control of infection and quality governance.
• Organise and coordinate work experience programmes.

Skills

Effective planning and organisational skills

Education

Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience

Registered Dental Nurse (RDN)

Recognised teaching qualification

Job description

Dental Nurse Manager/Senior Dental Nurse Tutor

The closing date is 05 January 2026

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.

About us

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:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

Job 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 licence and access to personal transport
• 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

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust