Dental Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 15
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered Dental Nurse to join the community dental service team in Newtown. The role involves assisting clinicians, arranging domiciliary visits, and supporting screening and research programmes. The post holder will also carry out clerical and administrative duties, working autonomously while seeking advice when needed. This part-time position requires travel to other clinic locations at least once a week.
Essential criteria
- Ability to work and relate to children and apecial needs
- Ability to use initiativein emergency situations
- Ability to develop good working relationships
- Ability to prioritise and organise clinc/surgery
- Self motivated and able to motivate patients
- Team player
Desirable criteria
- 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
- Other
- Ability to travel in a timely manner to other locations
- Values
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with people from a variety of backgrounds
- Support and demonstarte PTHB values
- Able to work autonomously
- Experience of being competent in Dental Administration, prioritising tasks and managing deadlines
- Keyboard skills, outlook, word, Excel
- Experience of working with the public, special care pts and the elderly
- Experience of working in an environment where tact, diplomacy and confidentiality required
- Qualification / Knowledge
- National certificate for DN's or equivalent
- Registered with GDC
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post basic certificate in any of the following Sedation, SC, Radiography, Oral Health, Orthodontics
- Knowledge of the role of the CDS
- Aptitude and abilities
- Ability to work and relate to children and apecial needs
- Ability to use initiativein emergency situations
- Ability to develop good working relationships
- Ability to prioritise and organise clinc/surgery
- Self motivated and able to motivate patients
- Team player
- 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
- Other
- Ability to travel in a timely manner to other locations
- Values
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with people from a variety of backgrounds
- Support and demonstarte PTHB values
- Able to work autonomously
- Experience of being competent in Dental Administration, prioritising tasks and managing deadlines
- Keyboard skills, outlook, word, Excel
- Experience of working with the public, special care pts and the elderly
- Experience of working in an environment where tact, diplomacy and confidentiality required
- Qualification / Knowledge
- National certificate for DN's or equivalent
- Registered with GDC
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post basic certificate in any of the following Sedation, SC, Radiography, Oral Health, Orthodontics
- Knowledge of the role of the CDS
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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Powys Teaching Health Board
Dental Nurse
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
There is an exciting new opportunity for a registered Dental Nurse to join the community dental service team, where quality of care is the primary focus. The team consists of experienced Dentists, Dental Nurses, Dental Therapists and administrative staff, where skill mixing is encouraged. You will need to be motivated, enthusiastic and have excellent communication skills. The post holder will be based in Newtown, 15 hours per week and will be expected to travel to other clinic locations at least once a week.
The Community Dental Service comprises of a wide range of locations, specialities and services which involve primary dental care, consultant led secondary care, special needs and priority group patients in both the clinic and domiciliary setting. This includes Schools, residential and nursing homes, epidemiological surveys, and oral health promotion/education.
Training, development, and skill mixing of the dental workforce is encouraged and supported.
Main duties of the job
The Dental Nurse will work as part of the team, providing assistance toclinicians within the Dental Service, plus arranging and supporting the clinician with any domiciliary visits, screening, epidemiology and research programmes. They will be expected to work autonomously, seeking advice when
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