Dental Technician | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the UK is looking for an organized and proactive individual to develop and manage training for Dental Trainees. This role involves coordinating educational events, ensuring all training equipment is maintained and safe, and providing administrative support to the medical education team. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and a passion for patient care and training. This position is fixed-term until 5th August 2026.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills to develop education programmes.
• Ability to support trainers and trainees during hands-on training days.
• Experience in managing medical and dental equipment safely.

Responsibilities

• Develop and organize dental training events.
• Support trainers and trainees during sessions.
• Ensure safety and fitness of dental equipment.
• Manage supply of specialist equipment and materials.
• Provide administrative support as first point of contact.

Skills

Expert administration

Course organization

Equipment maintenance

Support and guidance

Job description

Overview

This role organises courses and seminars for Dental Trainees across the East Of England and beyond, providing expert administration and being present at hands‑on course days to ensure a first class training experience.

Working within the Medical Education team in ESNEFT, this role is fulfilling and involves working with dental school colleagues towards common goals.

This is a fixed‑term/secondment post until 5th August 2026.

Responsibilities

• To develop education programmes and organise training events for Dental Workforce Development and Foundation Dental Training in response to national and local strategy as well as trainee priorities and needs.
• Be present at hands‑on training days to support trainers, trainees and Training Programme Directors to ensure a great experience for all attendees.
• Oversee and carry out regular maintenance and sterilisation of all equipment within the dental skills laboratory, including regular checks to ensure safety and fitness for purpose and prompt repair of any defects.
• Manage a core supply of specialist dental and medical equipment – sourcing and ordering from a variety of global suppliers and representatives, including order and set up of animal and human materials.
• Provide a core supply of specialist and proactive administrative service to the Team as a first point of contact to staff and external stakeholders contacting the Department.
• Working from the trust's policies and procedures, provide advice and guidance to employees and managers to resolve day‑to‑day queries.

About the Organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

Benefits

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A.

This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026.