Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse – Restorative: Sponsorship Available

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Job summary

Senior Dental Nurses work within a skilled dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the integrated Dental Service, Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and /or additional external sites as required.

Senior Dental Nurses will be responsible for the efficient operation in the Restorative Departments within the Birmingham Dental Hospital and work alongside Specialist Dental Nurses to support the Division’s aim of providing high quality care for patients. Post holders will be expected to work flexibly across different sites/departments where dental treatment is provided.

There is a requirement to work autonomously to manage a team and use significant discretion when clinical and staffing issues arise.

Main duties of the job

The role involves maintaining high standards of patient care, supporting dental services, managing clinical duties, ensuring equipment maintenance, and adhering to health and safety protocols.

It includes staff training, auditing, risk management, incident handling, and liaising with departments for service improvement. Leadership duties include managing Band 4 dental nurses, supervising apprentices, conducting performance reviews, ensuring compliance with GDC guidelines, and handling staff performance and absence.

The position also involves training staff, ensuring mandatory training, mentoring, and evaluating apprentices. Budgetary responsibilities include stock control, ordering consumables, and supporting service needs.

Please see detailed job description and personal specification for roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training

Essential

  • A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council i.e. NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing or Dental Nursing National Certificate in Dental Nursing / Gained entry onto GDC register via grand-parenting (pre 2008)
  • Registered with the General Dental Council
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Hold a Level 3 Management Qualification or equivalent e.g. ILM (or willing to work towards)

Desirable

  • Possess a recognised Post Qualification e.g. Dental Sedation Nursing, Dental Implant Nursing, Dental Radiography, Orthodontics

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
  • Relevant experience in day to day management of staff
  • Demonstrate full commitment to supporting undergraduates to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standard

Desirable

  • Evidence of experience in service redesign and change of clinical financial management

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence understanding of clinical stock/budget management
  • Evidence of advanced clinical skills
  • Excellent communication skills – oral/written
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Adaptable and responsive to change
  • Able to lead and work as a team member
  • Evidence of managing complex situations and patient complaints

Other job requirements

Essential

  • Flexibility
  • Ability to display professionalism

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 21 August 2026

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