Senior Specialist Dental Technician

Title: Senior Specialist Dental Technician
Advert location: Leeds
Postcode: LS2 9LU

Country: GB
Advertised salary: Band 6 - £39,959-£48,117
Contract: Permanent
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Band 6 - £39,959-£48,117 Closing date: 18/09/2026 Department:
Production Laboratory - LDI

Location:

Leeds Dental Institute Division:
Leeds Dental Institute CSU Hours Per Week: 37.5
For questions about this job, contact:
Steve Large
Dental Technical Services Manager

Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced, resourceful dental technician to join our busy conservation Technology Department providing technical services to our clinical team. This senior position requires significant post qualification experience in crown & bridge work. Applicants will need an entry level qualification acceptable to the GDC for registration as a Dental Technician plus a post graduate level qualification in Conservation Technology.

Current registration with the GDC is essential.
Applicants will also need to demonstrate a high level of manual dexterity, specialised knowledge of Restorative Dental Technical procedures, communication skills and a commitment to quality. This post will also require a broad range of experience in both conventional techniques and digital production methods, hence a keen interest in computer technology / working knowledge of dental design software would be advantageous
Why you should join our Team
Leeds Dental Institute is a dental teaching hospital providing training for dentists and all DCP groups including Dental Technicians. Our in-house Dental Production Laboratory employs 27 staff including 23 GDC registered Dental Technicians to provide laboratory services for around 400 undergraduate and post graduate dental students in addition to many clinical staff of all grades and disciplines.
As an on-site service within a teaching environment, our technical staff routinely interact and liaise directly with clinical staff and students, providing opportunities to work and learn together and build a great team-working experience
What you will bring to the role
The post holder will be expected to produce a broad range of temporary and permanent dental crowns, bridges, inlays and onlays, which will include some implant retained units. The restorations may be manufactured using metals, ceramics, composites, zirconia and acrylic polymers and using both conventional, and in-house design for digital production methods.
You can also expect some routine work such as study models, Denar articulations, diagnostic wax-ups, memosil indexes, radiographic stents, splint dentures, bite-raising appliances etc.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.