Senior Dental Nurse: Sponsorship Available

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Job summary

To organise and work alongside other Dental Nurses and as directed by the Principal Dental Nurse. This includes overseeing the efficient running of clinics and supporting where required within our community site clinics, domiciliary visits, Mobile Dental Unit, and theatre lists. To work with autonomy, and manage team members whilst fostering a courteous, positive, and professional manner always.

To provide high standards of dental nursing care, and chairside assistance throughout the department. Chairside assistance involves working with patients that have complex dental and medical needs, assisting with conscious sedation (if a suitable qualification is held), specialised procedures, maintaining and completing environmental and instrument decontamination processes, preparation of equipment for procedures and providing pre-operative and post-operative care.

Only candidates with current GDC registration can be considered for this position.

Main duties of the job

Provide support to the Principal Dental Nurse and deputise in their absence.

Manage a group of Dental Nurses within your designated area.

Carry out duties of other senior nurses during any absence.

Be able to train, update and assess trainee and qualified Dental Nurses at specified dental clinics.

To ensure the provision of an efficient and effective service.

To facilitate the development of Dental Nurses’ knowledge in all aspects of dentistry.

Supervise a range of work activities appropriate to trainee and qualified Dental Nurses across sites and mobile dental units as is necessary for the smooth running of the Dental Service.

Maintain effective communication with the public and staff on a full range of issues, some potentially complex.

Ensure Continuing Professional Development is current, up to date and maintained.

The post holder will be required to work within the specialist clinical disciplines of Special Care Dental.

To organise the efficient running of clinics in Special Care Dental.

Provide chair side nursing assistance in Special Care Dental procedures. Assisting clinicians with specialised procedures, preparing and decontaminating instruments, handling instruments, providing patients with pre and post-operative care.

To be accountable for own professional actions under General Dental Council guidelines, codes of practice.

Ensure effective contribution to the delivery of the organisational and departmental objectives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Dental Nursing Level 3 Diploma/NVQ
  • Post-registration dental nurse qualification/s
  • Experience of working within Special Care Dentistry in either community or hospital setting
  • Must have valid GDC registration
  • Good communication skills

Desirable

  • Certificate in Dental Radiography
  • Certificate in Oral Health Promotion
  • Certificate in Special Care Dental Nursing
  • Certificate in Dental sedation nursing
  • Experience working within Special Care dentistry
  • Management experience
  • Experience of using R4 dental software

Profesisonal Registration

Essential

  • General Dental Council registrant

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: 7 October 2026

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