Dental Nurse Band 4
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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
We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible, and competent Dental Nurse to join our Special Care Dental Service, based across 5 sites in Bromley, Bexley, and Greenwich. The role involves providing high-quality dental care for special needs patients and children, including General Anaesthetic sessions and domiciliary visits. The successful candidate must have an appropriate qualification in Dental Nursing and be registered with the General Dental Council. Excellent communication, empathy, organisational, and IT skills are essential.
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration-GDC
- Nursing Recognised by the General Dental Council Hospital, National Certificate or N.V.Q. Level 3
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Recognised with the General Dental Council
- Indemnity cover
Desirable criteria
- Post-Certificate qualification,
- Special Care Dental Nursing
- Conscious Sedation
- Radiography
- OHE
- Excellent communicator with sympathetic and understanding attitude.
- Team player
- Good organisational skills
- Familiarity with computers
- Knowledge of infection control
- UK Drivers license & access to car for work purposes
- Knowledge of work of GDC & Salaried Dental Service and working with Dental Therapists
- Working knowledge of use of Dental Software systems
- Membership of relevant professional associations e.g. BADN
- Experience of Dental Nursing Work with range of patients including adults and children
- Experience of General Dental Practice, broad based Community
- Dental Practice or Emergency Dental.
- Work with clients requiring good patient skills-particularly anxious children and adults with special needs.
- Work in areas of social exclusion and with multi-ethnic populations
- Information Technology
- Good IT Skills
- Working knowledge of use of Dental Software Systems
- Professional Registration-GDC
- Nursing Recognised by the General Dental Council Hospital, National Certificate or N.V.Q. Level 3
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Recognised with the General Dental Council
- Indemnity cover
- Post-Certificate qualification,
- Special Care Dental Nursing
- Conscious Sedation
- Radiography
- OHE
- Excellent communicator with sympathetic and understanding attitude.
- Team player
- Good organisational skills
- Familiarity with computers
- Knowledge of infection control
- UK Drivers license & access to car for work purposes
- Knowledge of work of GDC & Salaried Dental Service and working with Dental Therapists
- Working knowledge of use of Dental Software systems
- Membership of relevant professional associations e.g. BADN
- Experience of Dental Nursing Work with range of patients including adults and children
- Experience of General Dental Practice, broad based Community
- Dental Practice or Emergency Dental.
- Work with clients requiring good patient skills-particularly anxious children and adults with special needs.
- Work in areas of social exclusion and with multi-ethnic populations
- Information Technology
- Good IT Skills
- Working knowledge of use of Dental Software Systems
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £33,262 – £36,027 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Bromley Healthcare CIC
Dental Nurse Band 4
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
Dental Nurse - Band 4
£33,262 - £36,027 Inc HCAS Per annum Pro Rata
Permanent 22.5 sessions per week (Maybe required to work on weekends) x 2
We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible and competent Dental Nurse to join our Special Care Dental Service. We are based across 5 sites in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich. Even though the successful candidate would be ideally based at 1 or 2 sites on a regular basis but may on occasions be asked to cover for colleagues at different sites. We would expect you to make your own travel arrangements to meet the needs of the job. A valid driving licence and access to a car is essential for this position.
The successful applicants must have an appropriate qualification in Dental Nursing and be registered with the General Dental Council. Excellent communication skills, compassion, empathy, good organisational skills, IT skills and being a team player are integral to this post. Previous experience of working in CDS is desirable but we would be happy to train someone with the right aptitude and skills.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached job description to review the duties and responsibilities relating to this job role.
We run our General Anaesthetic sessions from PRUH in Orpington, we would expect the post hol
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