Band 2 Dental Clinical Support worker

Main area Dental decontamination and equipment services Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 per week / Monday – Sunday between the hours of 08:00 – 20:00) Job  
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Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Birmingham Dental Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £25,272 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

We are currently looking to recruit dynamic, enthusiastic and flexible dental equipment support workers who will join a multi-disciplinary team to assist in the decontamination process at the Birmingham Dental Hospital.

The post holder will work in close collaboration with the Decontamination and Equipment Manager, Equipment Team Leaders, Senior Dental Nurses, Dental Nurses, Dental Nurse Managers, Dental Matrons and Clinical Leads.

Interviews will be face to face at the Birmingham Dental Hospital.

The main purpose of this post is to manage, organise and participate in the collection and distribution of sterile/non-sterile instruments between clinical departments and to provide a supporting role to the dental undergraduate students and nursing staff in the dispensary/clinical areas to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the departments, maintaining cross-infection prevention protocols, and Health and Safety procedures. Will provide stock/resources to the departments and oversee stock control of consumables.

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.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

• Receiving, checking and returning deliveries of instruments; maintaining accurate records of issued and returned equipment as per decontamination provider policies and protocols using IT skills for scanning and defect reporting. Responsible for ensuring that all returned equipment is fit for purpose; identifying any that have been labelled as being defected or contaminated.
• Store and distribute sterile medical/dental instruments and equipment to departments within Birmingham Dental Hospital, maintain stock control of materials and instruments. Replace non‑clinical stock as and when required. Rotate sterile stock to minimise wastage
• Participate in daily activities related to receiving instrument packs from departments, carefully checking the contents and reporting/replacing any deficiencies.…