Senior Dental Nurse – Coventry & Warks wide: Sponsorship Available

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

Senior Dental Nurse – Coventry & Warks wide

37.5 hours per week (Part time available)

Permanent

Salary: £32,073 – £39,043 per annum pro rata

Closing Date: Sunday 4th October 2026

Interview Date: Thursday 22nd October 2026

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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  • To assist and support the provision of dental treatment and dental health promotion for all groups of patients cared for by the Community Dental Service. Patients will have a variety of special needs including learning disabilities and behavioural problems, physical disability, mental health conditions and complex medical conditions.
  • To assist the Dental Service Management Team in ensuring that dental facilities operate effectively and safely.
  • To support the organisation, monitoring and evaluation of dental care and provide information for the development of services and training of staff.
  • To line manage the dental nurse staff, including carrying out appraisal, clinical supervision, managing sickness and leave.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertake the normal duties expected of all dental nurses.
  • Work with the policies and procedures of the Trust and Coventry & Warwickshire Community Dental Service.
  • To support specialised treatment services for adults and children with special needs within the clinic, theatres and domiciliary settings.
  • To support the provision of treatment under general anaesthesia for special needs patients, and paediatric dental extractions.
  • To support the provision of treatment under sedation where appropriate.
  • Liaise with all branches of the profession, other health professionals, education and social services and voluntary agencies over the dental needs and service provision for people with special needs.
  • Support the Senior Management Team with the monitoring and evaluation of all service elements and any subsequent programmes of development.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential

  • National Certificate for Dental Nurses or similar
  • Registered with the GDC
  • Additional Post-Certification Qualifications

Desirable

  • Leadership or Management Qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised, phobic and high risk

Desirable

  • Special care Dental Nursing in a community setting

Other

Essential

  • Car driver / Owner willing to travel and work across all Coventry & Warwickshire Dental sites.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Knowledge of a range of specialist Dental procedures
  • Good organisational and time management skills

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: 4 October 2026

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