# Dental Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dental-nurse/12c1c004-d92d-42c7-a5d6-b7741ec2a6d1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dental-nurse/12c1c004-d92d-42c7-a5d6-b7741ec2a6d1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board - **Location:** Morriston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dental nurse - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,819 - £31,626 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday 8:30-16:30) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T09:41:22.685Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Swansea/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Dental_Services/Dental_Services-v8258735 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8258735?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a clinical post within Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) Community Dental Service (CDS). As a member of the dental team, you will be required to travel to any of the CDS clinics within SBUHB/occasionally Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend as necessary. Be flexible and adaptable to cope with a variety of locations and client groups. The post holder will: - Provide chair side and administration support to clinical staff in fixed clinics, and during domiciliary dental care visits in patient homes including care homes and secure units. Other duties include, supporting sedation and GA clinics. Participating in epidemiological surveys and oral health promotion are also part of the core duties. The CDS provides dental care for the following groups of patients, children and adults who: - Are medically compromised - Have learning difficulties - Have mental health problems - Have special care requirements including physical disabilities - Experience disproportionate dental anxiety - Have complex social problems and cannot obtain dental care - Are in rehabilitation and secure units - Require the use of a wheelchair platform or bariatric service ### Main duties of the job - Organise and plan own clinic’s workload autonomously and work with minimal supervision. Identify patient’s nursing needs during treatment and provide care to meet those needs. This will include ensuring patients are provided with suitable appointment times and are able to access the clinic safely, taking into consideration their special care requirements - Good organisational and planning skills to ensure effective provision of the service make appointments for patients when required and liaise with CDS team members to ensure the smooth running of clinics Maintain continuing professional development by regularly updating skills in Dental Nursing, Manual Handling, Oral Health Promotion, Child Protection, Health and Safety Training and Infection Control. - Current driving licence. To be flexible to travel to any clinic at short notice for service provision drive the van, if required to support domiciliary visits. Awareness of procedures pertaining to emergencies and mechanical or road traffic accidents is the responsibility of all staff travelling in HB vehicles. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This is a clinical post within Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) Community Dental Service (CDS). As a member of the dental team, you will be required to travel to any of the CDS clinics within SBUHB/occasionally Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend as necessary. You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Essential Experience **Essential** - Experience working as a chairside dental nurse **Desirable** - Experience of working in a Community Dental Service and/or Hospital Dental Service - Experience of working with GA lists - Reception and clerical duties ### Essential Qualifications & Knowledge **Essential** - NVQ 3 or equivalent training plus experience to diploma level or equivalent Registered Dental Nurse, registration with GDC Duties of a Registered Dental Nurse - Maintain continuing professional development and regular updating of skills. - Current Infection Control Standards including decontamination and sterilization of contaminated equipment and disposal of contaminated clinical waste. Appropriate pre and post operative advice to carers and patients. - Awareness of Risk Assessment and Health and Safety Policy compliance **Desirable** - Further qualifications such as: Oral Health Promotion Special Care Dentistry Sedation Orthodontics Radiography - Participation in Audit Specialist knowledge and experience of using specific communications skills. - Good patient management skills ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 640.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10572183) - [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372) - [applicant guide (pdf, 624.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1728) - [occupational health frf (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10572182) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.