Job summary
- Main area
- CAD Designer/Dental Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0304-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/06/2025
Employer heading

Dental Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a full time CAD Designer/Dental Technician to work within our fixed prosthodontic dental laboratory. The job will predominantly be working as a CAD designer with proven experience and expertise in CAD design.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing (with Exocad) all types of Crown & Bridge / Implant restorations, along with digital wax ups for treatment planning. They will undertake the duties of a Cad Designer/Dental Technician to dental prescription. This will involve the planning and design of a full range of custom-made fixed prosthodontic restorations. It will occasionally involve CAM (milling and printing as required).
The laboratory provides a service for undergraduate and postgraduate students and for clinical members of staff.
You will be required to work as part of a team, have excellent communication skills and must have a meticulous eye for detail, and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
A bench/digital test will be required the day before the interview.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing (with Exocad) all types of Crown & Bridge / Implant restorations, along with digital wax ups for treatment planning. They will undertake the duties of a Cad Designer/Dental Technician to dental prescription. This will involve the planning and design of a full range of custom-made fixed prosthodontic restorations. It will occasionally involve CAM (milling and printing as required).
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Dental Technology Laboratory provides a high quality service for patients being treated by NHS and Academic Clinical staff and Postgraduate / Undergraduate students in a number of Departments comprising Restorative Dentistry (including Dental Implants), Orthodontics, Paediatrics, Periodontics, Surgical Services, Special Care and Sedation.
The principal function of the laboratory is to provide high quality dental technology services which meet patient requirements while achieving the most effective and efficient use of resources. Work is generated through patient throughput and clinical activity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully qualified dental technician holding a BSc Hons / Foundation Degree; BTEC Diploma in Dental Technology/City and Guilds Final or SCOTVEC Equivalent
- Registered Dental Technician.
Desirable criteria
- Keep up to date with advancements in Dental Technology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of CAD (Exocad) designing
- Experience in the production of simple and complex fixed prosthodontics splints and diagnostic wax ups/treatment planning
- Strong attention to detail and precision
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD training and updating knowledge
- Working in hospital dental laboratory
- Some post qualification experience
- Experience with Millbox Software would be advantageous and knowledge of 3D printing
- Knowledge of Medical Devices Directive
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to use own initiative and prioritise own workload
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to develop skills and undertake further training
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Hepatitis B zero conversion
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Willingness to learn new ways of working and respond to changing work demands
- Commitment to the Trust Equal Opportunities
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karl Deakin
- Job title
- Section Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2717824
- Additional information
For further information and/or visit please contact:
Mr Karl Deakin
Laboratory Section Leader
Tel: 0114 2717824
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