Dental

Job Role

Dental Nurse

Band 4: £27,485-£30,162

Hours:
Full time. Part time considered (minimum 3 days) but needs to cover Wednesdays and Fridays

Permanent

Multiple Locations:
Halifax and Cleckheaton

Locala Community Dental Services are part of the West Yorkshire Community Dental Service (WYCDS), a unique collaborative of Community Dental Services, supporting the needs of patients across Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield.

Our goal is to ensure that eligible patients within West Yorkshire have equitable access to preventive and dental care, fostering a collaborative approach to improve patient outcomes, promote oral health education and introduce innovative solutions that address the unique dental challenges of our diverse communities.

The services are truly unique, providing NHS dental care for children and adults with additional or complex needs across Kirklees and Calderdale. Through expert treatment in both welcoming health centre clinics and hospital settings, we deliver compassionate, high-quality care to every patient.

Join Locala’s NHS dental team and make a real difference every day.

Step into a role where your skills make a difference, your growth is supported, and your work shapes the future of community dental care, we currently have opportunities for :

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• Dental Nurses

We offer expert training, and the chance to gain a broad range of experiences with Locala across the dynamic West Yorkshire Collaborative.

If you are a Team Player with excellent communication skills, innovative and forward thinking and want to be part of a new pioneering service leading the way on improving the oral health of West Yorkshire residents, please get in touch we want to hear from you.

Find out more about Locala with our Thrive Strategy.

For full details of the any of the roles please see - Job Description & Person Specification

For informal enquiries and visits please contact Becky Bignall at

Closing date – 20th January 2026

Interview dates: 26th and 27th January 2026 at Cleckheaton Health Centre

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.