Qualified Dental Nurse

About the role

Bristol Dental School is a city-centre, state-of-the-art facility (1 Trinity Quay, Avon Street, Bristol) delivering a new operating model with established ways of working since opening in Summer 2023. We are seeking a self-motivated dental nurse to work flexibly across multidisciplinary areas in our new 119-chair clinical facility, adhering to school policies and procedures. You will support the Lead Dental Nurse in the day-to-day running of clinical operations and contribute to the delivery of education in this predominantly teaching environment, providing direct clinical care to patients in our community. Opportunities for in-house CPD are available.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to dental students, working flexibly across different clinics within the Dental School.
• Promote safe working practices and guidance to underpin the training of dental nurses, dental undergraduates, and future postgraduate students.
• Prepare and rotate within clinical areas and the clinical skills suite, setting up clinical bays in individual departments and providing chairside assistance to staff and students as required.
• Manage materials and supplies, including ordering, stocktaking, and maintaining equipment, arranging repairs when necessary.
• Provide guidance and training in dental nursing and dental imaging techniques, or work towards training in dental imaging within departmental radiology spaces.
• Highlight the importance of Quality Assurance, Health & Safety, and Infection Prevention Control during induction and throughout clinical placements for trainee dental nurses and dental undergraduates.

Requirements

• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and able to motivate others to achieve results.
• Organised, with the ability to support and deliver a full range of dental nursing duties across clinical departments, dental radiology, and dental laboratories.
• Hold a dental nurse qualification and be registered with the General Dental Council.

Schedule

Three positions available:

• 2x full-time (35 hours per week)
• 1x part-time (21 hours per week)

Please specify in your application which position you are interested in.

Pay

Grade: F

Salary: £28,778–£32,080 per annum (£15.81–£17.63 per hour, based on 35 hours per week).

Contract type: Open-ended.

For informal queries, please contact Lisa Levitt (Deputy Head of Dental Nursing): Lisa.jones@bristol.ac.uk.