Dental Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves providing support to Foundation Dentists and Trainers to deliver high-quality dental care. Key responsibilities include preparing and maintaining dental clinics, ensuring high standards of cross-infection control, and managing clinical appointments. The post holder will work independently, providing administrative support when not assisting in surgeries, and will triage emergency patients.
Key responsibilities
- Provide support and assistance for Foundation Dentists and Trainers in delivering high quality dental care.
- Be responsible for the effective, efficient preparation and maintenance of a multi-disciplinary dental clinic.
- Maintain a high level of cross infection control in all clinical areas.
- Manage clinical time, including clinical appointments, prioritisation and management.
- Advise, triage and prioritise dental emergency patients to ensure appropriate care within the dental single point of access.
Essential criteria
- National Certificate/Hospital certificate for Dental Nursing.
- N.V.Q. level 3, CertHE in Dental Nursing. Understanding of customer care issues
- Understanding of Data Protection
- Understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for confidentiality
- Registration with the General Dental Council
- Significant Trained Dental Nurse experience
- Experience in working with Foundation Dentist
- Experience in mentoring Student Dental Nurses
- Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours
- Excellent organisational and time management abilities
- Excellent communication (both written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Additional post certificate qualification
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,819 – £31,626 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Swansea Bay University Health Board
Dental Nurse
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Providing support and assistance for the Foundation Dentists and Trainers in providing high quality dental care to patients, and be responsible for the effective, efficient preparation and maintenance of a multi-disciplinary dental clinic, maintaining a high level of cross infection control in all clinical areas.
Manage clinical time, including clinical appointments, prioritisation and management.
When not assisting in the surgeries nurses are expected to provide administrative support.
Nurses are expected to be able to carry out their duties without direct supervision.
Advice, triage and prioritise dental emergency patients to ensure they receive the most appropriate care, within the dental single point of access.
Main duties of the job
Planning and Design
Have individual responsibility for the preparation and organisation of the dental surgeries where clinical procedures will be undertaken and ensure compliance to LHB Health and Safety standards and ensuring a high standard of cleanliness within the department.
Work independently and have accountability for one's own actions when delivering dental nursing care
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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