# Registered Dental Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-dental-nurse/59c21862-bb03-4bea-9570-668091a3b811 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-dental-nurse/59c21862-bb03-4bea-9570-668091a3b811.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Location:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dental nurse - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-10T10:41:01.878Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Outpatients/Outpatients-v8216728 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8216728?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will be supported by the Senior team and Clinical Nurse Manager and the multidisciplinary team to undertake all relevant forms of dental nursing care and patient management; and be expected to act in an accountable manner, adhering to relevant codes of conduct and policies. You will also show the ability to support and contribute to the supervision and teaching of junior staff and students. Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested. Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. ### Main duties of the job The role includes responsibility for stock control, laboratory work coordination, and maintaining high standards of infection prevention, safety, and COSHH compliance. Working within professional standards, the post holder will demonstrate accountability, flexibility, and a strong focus on delivering safe, effective dental nursing care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Demonstrate an understanding of evidence-based practice in dental nursing. Contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times. - Check all equipment is in working order, document as such and report faults to the relevant department and ensure remedial action is taken as required. - Ensure that all requisite materials are available e.g., impression materials, filling materials and dressings, Drills etc. and in good working order. - Organise own workload to give timely and appropriate care and be able to recognise when to share clinical issues. - To be experienced in departmental routines and develop an understanding of the multidisciplinary team and its input into patient management. - Assist in the organisation and day-to-day running of designated clinical areas within clearly defined protocols and provide support to the smooth running of the clinical area in the absence of senior dental nurses, escalating issues appropriately - To participate in team meetings to develop and improve practice in the department and promote new ideas. - Demonstrates the ability to safely handle biopsies in accordance with current universal infection control precaution guidelines and the health and safety policy and demonstrates adherence to COSHH recommendations when handling specimens. - Assist in providing appropriate information to patients e.g., regarding clinic delays etc. and after receipt of bad news, following an unexpected event - Support in teaching of junior staff and students. - Lay-out, clear and reset dental equipment in between patients and ensure that infection prevention and effective control practices are central to all clinical work. - To ensure that all equipment, medication, and technology used with the service are of a high quality and maintained, cleaned, and stored appropriately. - Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities to support patient care pathways and research and maintain clear and concise notes in clinical records and ensure relevant documentations are available - Ensure that emergency medical drugs and equipment are available before procedures at all times and documented appropriately with the support of the appropriate registered personnel. - Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient care management including complex monitoring, (i.e. BP, BMI, INR) and equipment management and wound care with limited support. - Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data. - Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, referring to a senior member of staff as necessary. - Undertakes a range of clinical tasks appropriate to band 4 level, some of which may be complex, but always within own competence and under appropriate supervision - Identify own training and development needs and undertake appropriate training/education as required. - Participate in an annual individual performance review process where objectives will be agreed, performance monitored, and personal development needs discussed - Be accountable to attend all statutory and mandatory training as and when required to always ensure 100%. - To be able to use Datix effectively and appropriately. - To maintain IR(ME)R regulations, radiation safety, and equipment management understanding legal and ethical issues. - Participates in audits, quality improvement and risk management processes as required - To report all complaints, incidents and accidents in line with the Trust’s incident and reporting procedure, and participate in clinical audit and research as required - Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards. For further details of the role please see the attached job description. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - - Competent chairside and clinical support skills across a range of procedures - Ability to organise own workload within defined protocols - Ability to work within role boundaries and seek support when required - Good communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to support patient care including observations (e.g. BP, BMI) within competence - Ability to maintain accurate clinical records using IT systems - Ability to contribute to a safe and effective clinical environment - Ability to support junior staff and students in practice under supervision **Desirable** - - Ability to assist with radiography in line with IR(ME)R regulations - Ability to support wound care and basic monitoring within competence - IT literacy in clinical systems (EPR etc.) ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of dental nursing procedures and clinical techniques - Understanding of GDC standards and professional code of conduct - Knowledge of infection control, COSHH, and health & safety requirements - Awareness of clinical governance, audits, and risk management processes - Understanding of when to escalate clinical or operational concerns **Desirable** - - Awareness of wider NHS systems and service delivery - Understanding of quality improvement processes ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience in chairside dental nursing across a range of procedures - Experience preparing, decontaminating and maintaining dental instruments and clinical environments - Experience working within infection prevention and control standards - Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team - Experience supporting patient care in general or hospital dental settings - Experience assisting with radiography (or willing to train) - Experience in maxillofacial, ENT, head & neck or restorative settings **Desirable** - - Experience participating in audits or quality improvement activities - Experience supporting junior staff or students in practice ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing (or equivalent) - GDC Registered Dental Nurse - Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) - Knowledge of IR(ME)R regulations and radiation safety or willingness to undertake training - Completion of required departmental competencies - Dental Radiography qualification (or working towards) **Desirable** - - Oral Health Education qualification (or willingness to undertake) ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) - Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience ## Documents - [candidate information (pdf, 736.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10524739) - [welcoming disabled candidates (pdf, 376.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10524738) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 688.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10525700) ## 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.