Senior Dental Nurse Team Leader
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a leadership role for an experienced Dental Care Professional within the Bradford Community Dental Service. The successful candidate will support the leadership team in operational delivery, ensuring high standards of patient care, workforce support, and service performance. Responsibilities include supervising dental nursing teams, managing patient concerns, and contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives. The role requires travel across the district.
Key responsibilities
- Support the leadership team in the operational delivery of the Community Dental Service.
- Ensure high standards of patient care, workforce and human resource support, and service performance.
- Work closely with clinical and operational colleagues to support service delivery, workforce planning, staff leadership, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support and supervise Sector Leads and dental nursing teams.
- Respond to patient concerns and complaints, and ensure compliance with infection prevention, health and safety, and governance requirements.
- Contribute to service development projects and identify opportunities to improve patient experience and operational efficiency.
Essential criteria
- Degree level management qualification and /or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience of working at this level.
- Registered with the General Dental Council. Dental Care Professional
- Dental care professional ,post qualification in a specialist area of dentistry
- Operational management experience
- Experience of working with complex patient groups.
- Experienced in the management of highly complex clinical and non-clinical information
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good time management
- Ability to problem solve and lead/manage change
- Ability to work with own discretion
- IT skills
- Good presentation skills
- Leadership skills
- Flexible & self-motivated
- Sympathetic manner in dealing with patients/ staff.
- Must be interested in working with people of all social classes and ethnic groups
- Ability to lead and work within a team.
- Willingness to learn new skills/positive attitude to change
Desirable criteria
- Project Management Certificate.
- IOSH or equivalent qualification.
- Quality Improvement Methodology qualification
- Experience of working with communities/ groups
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Dental Nurse Team Leader
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Senior Dental Nurse Team Leader (Band 6)
Bradford Community Dental Service (CDS) is an award-winning, forward-thinking service committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across Bradford and Airedale. As a proud partner within the West Yorkshire Community Dental Services Collaborative, we place compassion, collaboration and innovation at the heart of everything we do.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Dental Care Professional to join our management team as a Senior Dental Nurse Team Leader.
This exciting leadership role will support the leadership team in the operational delivery of the Community Dental Service, ensuring high standards of patient care, workforce and human resource support and service performance. The successful candidate will work closely with clinical and operational colleagues to support service delivery, workforce planning, staff leadership and quality improvement initiatives across the service.
The role includes responsibility for supporting and supervising Sector Leads and dental nursing teams, responding to patient concerns and complaints, and ensuring compliance with infection prevention, health and safety and governance requirements. You will also contribute to service development proj
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