The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Dental Nurse

The closing date is 13 August 2025

Job summary

We are seeking to appoint a fully Qualified Senior Dental Nurse who will lead a team of registered dental nurses supporting the delivery of care within the Community Dental Service.

The department provides a range of specialist treatment and assessment for patients on a Monday to Friday basis.

Interview date: 27th August 2025
Various hours
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Dental Nurse you should have a broad range of dental nursing experience which would ideally include working within special care dentistry. Applicants should be able to manage an unpredictable workload whilst remaining calm and supportive to both patients and clinical staff.
The post holder is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of cross infection procedures as well as good communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. A professional, yet sympathetic approach to patients is also required and must be able to work as part of a team or independently and have knowledge of health and safety procedures.
Post qualification supervisory experience would be an advantage.
The post holder will be expected to travel to all Community sites in the City therefore access to car is desired.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

Freeman Hospital
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service
Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

317-2025-30-32-DR

Job locations

Trustwide

317 Trustwide

NE7 7DN

Job description

Job responsibilities

To directly manage the dental nursing team in the designated areas in doing so ensure the efficient and effective provision of dental nursing support to practising clinical staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To directly manage the dental nursing team in the designated areas in doing so ensure the efficient and effective provision of dental nursing support to practising clinical staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

oNational Certificate of Dental Nursing or NVQ in Oral Health Care
oPost Certificate Qualification e.g. conscious sedation
oRegistration with the General Dental Council (GDC)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

oKnowledge of all dental procedures
oSupervisory experience
oPost qualification experience

Desirable

oManagement skills
oA knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace

Skills & Abilities

Essential

oAbility to work on own initiative

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

oNational Certificate of Dental Nursing or NVQ in Oral Health Care
oPost Certificate Qualification e.g. conscious sedation
oRegistration with the General Dental Council (GDC)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

oKnowledge of all dental procedures
oSupervisory experience
oPost qualification experience

Desirable

oManagement skills
oA knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace

Skills & Abilities

Essential

oAbility to work on own initiative

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).