# Qualified Dental Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Dental nurse
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inc. (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06T15:30:28.740Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Orthodontic_Nursing/Orthodontic_Nursing-v8421745
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8421745?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Royal London Dental Hospital services adult and paediatric patients in one of the largest trauma centres in London, providing first-class dental and oral healthcare in an internationally renowned teaching hospital.

This is a part time permanent role in orthodontics, with the opportunity to gain experience across our multiple services:

- OMFS/Oral Surgery
- Orthodontics
- Oral Medicine
- Restorative Dentistry
- Special Care Dentistry
- Paediatric Dentistry
- Undergraduate Dentistry
- Emergency 111 Clinic
- Dental General Anaesthesia Department

We are looking for nurses with GDC registration and some post-qualification experience, who have a compassionate approach to care and are looking to expand their knowledge and experience amongst a diverse, multidisciplinary team.

We are passionate about supporting the development of our staff, with subscription training packages to support our nurses complete their GDC eCPD, in-house training, and support for staff undertaking post-graduate qualifications within their respective specialties.

Compassionate care and supporting the development and clinical excellence of our staff is at the heart of everything we do. If you are passionate for providing compassionate care and are looking to expand your knowledge and experience within a supportive environment, we would welcome an application from you.

### Main duties of the job

The qualified dental nurse is an integral member of the dental team. They play an important role in the provision of dental services and the effective operation of the dental institute and outreach facilities.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
- Ability to identify own learning needs and interests
- Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to be able to carry out current job role
- Ability to identify how to manage risks and to support others to manage risk.

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise care
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work
- Ability to identify and access the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- GDC Registration
- Evidence of continued professional development

### Experience

**Essential**

- Good level of experience working as a qualified Dental Nurse

**Desirable**

- Previous experience within a hospital or similar setting

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- A Dental Nurse qualification recognized by the GDC as a route to qualification

**Desirable**

- Post Certificate Qualification in Orthodontic Nursing Concious Sedation

## Documents

- [jd & ps (pdf, 779.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10755603)
- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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