Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Dental Nurse
- Grade
- band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 23 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday all day)
- Job ref
- 245-NAM5SUR-04-25
- Employer
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tameside Hospital
- Town
- Ashton-Under-Lyne
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Pro-rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Dental Nurse
band 5
Job overview
Senior Dental Nurse
Band 5
23 hours
Permanent
To work as part of the Team to provide an efficient Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontic Service to the Trust.
Deputize for manager in her absence, maintaining supplies and service delivery.
Training and supervision of junior staff, new employees to the department.
To always act in a manner consistent with the GDC Code of Professional conduct carrying out his/her duties in accordance with the Trust policies and procedures.
Main duties of the job
- Clean and prepare surgeries to establish and maintain suitable cross infection standards, and preparation of sterile trolleys for individual procedures.
- Establish patient’s medical records prior to commencement of the clinic.
- Assisting clinicians in specialist treatment of maxillofacial and orthodontic patients. Carry out treatment and assist in the supervision of patients until they are fit to leave the premises.
- Assist with invasive day procedure, which requires contact with blood/body fluids, including treatment of sedated patients using local anesthetic.
- Accompany the specialty Dr when carrying out treatment in other departments. ward visits, operating theatres, HDU (Sectioned patients).
- Assist in the treatment of patients with facial and oral cancers.
- Monitoring patients post-operatively.
- Instruct patients in all clinical advice prior to and after surgery.
Working for our organisation
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Full GDC registration
- • The National Examination for Dental Surgery Assistants
Desirable criteria
- • Post Qualification Certificate in Dental Sedation Nursing
- • Post Qualification Certificate in Dental Health
- • Post Qualification Certificate in Orthodontic Nursing
- • Post Qualification Certificate in Radiography
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Specialist clinical experience in Oral Surgery and Orthodontics.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of NHS.
- • Able to give expert clinical advice to patients in absence of clinicians
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Patricia Spiers
- Job title
- Oral Surgery Department Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 922 6459
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