Band 4 Dental Nurse

Band 4 Dental Nurse

Main area Dental Nursing Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Working on the Restorative 4 department. Monday, Wednesday and Tuesday 08:45-12:30pm) Job  
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Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Restorative 4, Second Floor, Birmingham Dental Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 22/01/2026

To work flexibly within a dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required.

To provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.

To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.

• Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.
• Provide comprehensive chair side and administrative support to the clinician.
• Prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre and post operative instructions as required.
• Undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs as required.
• Ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
• Provide chair side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
• Provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
• Assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.
• Support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
• Support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.

Be Part of Our Team…

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part of that future now. Join us and help achieve better care and healthier communities.

Please see attached a detailed Job description and person specification for a better understanding of the role and its requirements.

• A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council i.e. NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing or Dental Nursing National Certificate in Dental Nursing / Gained entry onto GDC register via grand-parenting (pre 2008)
• Registered with the General Dental Council

• Relevant experience working as part of a dental team, e.g. General Practice, Hospital, other Primary Dental Services / Community Dental Services experiencing chair side duties
• Experience of working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients, and patients with learning disabilities

• To interact professionally with individuals
• Understand the principles of confidentiality
• Up to date knowledge in all areas of dental nursing
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Organisational skills
• Good working knowledge of cross infection procedures
• Computer Skills
• Knowledge of dental…