Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Dental Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 Months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-LIS9596
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guys Hospital GSTT
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum incl. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialist Dental Technician
NHS AfC: Band 6
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, qualified and GDC registered Band 6 Dental Technician to work within our Fixed Dental Laboratory. This person will undertake the duties of a Band 6 Specialist Dental Technician and need to be highly skilled in both analogue and digital pathways.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a reliable and enthusiastic team player to join our Crown & Bridge Laboratory.
You will be working in a busy dental laboratory producing complex fixed appliances for our secondary care patients.
You will be expected to attend clinics where you will assist Clinicians with technical advice.
Candidates should have experience making complex fixed dental appliances and undertake the duties of a Band 6 Specialist Dental Technician to clinical prescription producing dental technical restorations related to fixed prosthodontics.
Working for our organisation
The Dental Institute comprises three components:
- The Dental Hospital of Guy’s and St THOMAS' NHS Foundation Trust,
- The Dental Hospital of King’s NHS Foundation Trust
- King’s College London Dental Institute
- The Institute represents a significant management challenge as its activities cross both the NHS and the University sector. The Dental Institute is accountable to each of its parent Trusts
and the post holder, in conjunction with the Clinical Director, is expected to ensure that the clinical services delivered (by both staff and students) meet NHS standards of practice, and specific Trust standards.
The Dental Institute is based on both the Guy's and St Thomas campuses; both sites offer modern facilities for the care of patients, teaching and research.
The Dental Institute is committed to becoming the major university hospital in the UK and to staying in the forefront of patient care, teaching and research.
The Dental Hospital and Institute aim to provide excellence in the delivery of oral and dental care, training and education.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The laboratory is located in the department of Fixed Prosthodontics on the Guy’s site and is responsible for the production of all types of crown, bridge and implant work to restore function improve aesthetics and correct dental deformity. The laboratory provides a service for a number of departments including, Conservative Dentistry, Periodontics, Oncology, Paediatrics, Implant Clinics and Sedation and Special Care. The principal function of the laboratory is to provide quality dental technology services which meet patient requirements while achieving the most effective and efficient use of resources.
To deputise for the senior staff member of the laboratory and in doing so ensure that staff workloads are managed by allocating technical work to staff of the laboratory as directed by the laboratory manager, and organising the laboratory workload to ensure that work turnaround times are met by implementing and using efficient working practises. Ensure that technical work produced by the fixed prosthodontics laboratory is of the highest possible standard and that the work provided by external laboratories meets the criteria specified by the Dental Institute.
To carry out the duties of replacing laboratory materials and to also ensure the efficient and effective use of materials.
To contribute to the supervision of the technical work of lower grade staff and students while providing guidance and direction on laboratory procedures.
The Dental Institute is active in a wide range of research and from time to time academic and research staff may seek support from Dental Technical staff and their involvement in relevant departmental research projects.
The post holder may occasionally need to contribute to the teaching of postgraduate dental students consistent with their expertise and experience.
The post holder will have the responsibility of ensuring their registration with the GDC is current and their CPD meets requirements.
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Dental Technician
- Evidence of significant continuous professional and personal development
- Fully qualified dental technician holding a BTEC Diploma/BSc in Dental Technology or equivalent
- Nationally recognised advanced dental technical qualification at HNC/D level or equivalent specialising in Fixed Prosthodontics or equivalent experience – usually 5+ years post qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of the production of: Complex implant supported restorations
- Experience in aesthetic composite and ceramic restorations
- experience in veneers and shade taking
- experience in metal ceramic crowns/bridges/gold crowns/inlays/post and cores and bridges
Desirable criteria
- experience in using Astra implant system
- experience in using 3 Shape/ExoCad CadCam design
- worked in a hospital setting
Skills, Knowledge & Ability
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills both oral and written
- Highly motivated and flexible approach to work
- Willingness to learn new ways of working and respond positively to changing work demands
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to work as a member of the laboratory team
- Experience in CAD/CAM Design
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charles Patrick Winter
- Job title
- Fixed Lab Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071881749
- Additional information
Charles Patrick Winter
Lead Dental Technician
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