Dental Technologist (Orthodontics)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking Dental Technologist to join the Orthodontic Laboratory team at Bristol Dental Hospital. The role involves designing, planning, and constructing a wide range of custom-made dental/oro-facial devices within the orthodontic laboratory. The successful candidate will develop new skills in line with modern practices and digital workflows, contributing to the modernisation journey of the department. Applicants must be fully registered with the General Dental Council and hold a recognised academic qualification in dental technology.
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons)/BTEC Diploma/HNC in Dental Technology or equivalent
- Registration with the General Dental Council as a Dental Technician
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge and Experience
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of specialised technical procedures within appropriate discipline
- Understanding of oral and facial anatomy; tooth eruption, morphology and clinical charting
- Understanding the varied nature of the materials, various acrylics, silicone materials and metals and how they work together
Desirable criteria
- Use of computer aided design & computer aided manufacture (CAD/CAM) techniques relevant to dental technology
- Skills and Abilities
- Good judgment skills are required for analysing and interpreting laboratory prescriptions
- Plan and prioritise own workload and use their own initiative to solve problems with the support of the more senior laboratory staff
- Prolonged computer use requiring keyboard skills for word processing
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinicians to manage non-routine aspects of appliance fabrication
- Aptitudes
- Ability to work within a team
- Self-motivated
- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to develop or suggest improvements within the team
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills / appliance types and designs and to follow suitable pathways of continuous professional development
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, non-judgemental
- BSc (Hons)/BTEC Diploma/HNC in Dental Technology or equivalent
- Registration with the General Dental Council as a Dental Technician
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge and Experience
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of specialised technical procedures within appropriate discipline
- Understanding of oral and facial anatomy; tooth eruption, morphology and clinical charting
- Understanding the varied nature of the materials, various acrylics, silicone materials and metals and how they work together
- Use of computer aided design & computer aided manufacture (CAD/CAM) techniques relevant to dental technology
- Skills and Abilities
- Good judgment skills are required for analysing and interpreting laboratory prescriptions
- Plan and prioritise own workload and use their own initiative to solve problems with the support of the more senior laboratory staff
- Prolonged computer use requiring keyboard skills for word processing
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinicians to manage non-routine aspects of appliance fabrication
- Aptitudes
- Ability to work within a team
- Self-motivated
- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to develop or suggest improvements within the team
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills / appliance types and designs and to follow suitable pathways of continuous professional development
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, non-judgemental
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Dental Technologist (Orthodontics)
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Dental Production Laboratories for a forward-thinking Dental Technologistto work with our Orthodontic Laboratory team at Bristol Dental Hospital.
The post holder is responsible for the design, planning and construction of an extensive range of custom-made dental/oro-facial devices within the orthodontic laboratory within the Bristol Dental Hospital - Production Laboratories service, comprising Fixed and Removeable Prosthodontics, , Orthodontics and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
The post holder will be expected to develop new skills in line with experience, new practices, qualifications and modernisation (digital workflows) and will also have a commitment to continuing professional development.
Applications are invited from Dental Technicians who are fully registered with the General Dental Council and hold a recognised academic qualification in dental technology. We encourage applications from dental technicians whether your experience and background is based in a commercial dental laboratory or NHS hospital setting.
This is an exciting time to join the team at Bristol Dental Hospital, as we embark on a journey of modernisation, which has seen recent investment in state-of-the-art digital planning software
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