Dental Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Dental Nurse to join the Community Dental Service in Glan Irfon, Powys. The role involves providing high-quality care to a diverse range of patients, including those in mobile clinics, schools, and nursing homes. The postholder will work autonomously, preparing and monitoring patients during treatment, and maintaining a high standard of care. Strong links with the dental team and various external partners are essential.
Key responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, high-quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across Powys.
- Work across different sites including mobile dental clinics, schools, and nursing homes.
- Establish strong links and effective working relations with the whole Dental team and external partners.
- Prepare and monitor patients for and during their treatment, providing pre and post-operative instructions.
- Create and maintain an environment to provide a high standard of care for patients.
- Work autonomously when anticipating instruments required, mixing materials, and holding instruments in position.
Essential criteria
- National certificate for DN's or equivalent
- Registered with GDC
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of being competent in Dental Administration, prioritising tasks and managing deadlines
- Keyboard skills, outlook, word, Excel
- Ability to work and relate to children and special needs
- Ability to use initiative in emergency situations
- Ability to develop good working relationships
- Ability to prioritise and organise clinc/surgery
- Self motivated and able to motivate patients
- Team player
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with people from a variety of backgrounds
- Support and demonstarte PTHB values
- Able to work autonomously
- Ability to travel in a timely manner to other locations
Desirable criteria
- Post basic certificate in any of the following Sedation, SC, Radiography, Oral Health, Orthodontics
- Knowledge of the role of the CDS
- Experience of working with the public, special care pts and the elderly
- Experience of working in an environment where tact, diplomacy and confidentiality required
- Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn.
- Self management and planning skills
- Experience of commitment to QA and Audit
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.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Powys Teaching Health Board
Dental Nurse
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
There is an exciting new opportunity for a Dental Nurse to work in Glan Irfon. The post is Band 4, full time, 37.5 hours per week. The postholder will be expected to provide a comprehensive, high-quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across Powys within the Community Dental Service clinics, including mobile dental clinics and/or external sites such as Schools and Nursing homes as required. Dental Nurses will be provided with a base clinic/department when appointed and will be expected to have a flexible approach to work across different sites where dental treatment is provided.
The postholder will be expected to establish strong links and effective working relations with the whole Dental team as well as patient, parents, guardians, education providers, day centres for Adults/Children with special needs, social services, other Dental services, GDP's, Hospitals, Medical practitioners and Dental material suppliers.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to work as part of the Dental team, preparing and monitoring patients for and during their treatment, providing pre and post-operative instructions.
Responsible for creating and maintaining an environment to provide a high standard of care for patients.
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