Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Dental Services - Community
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 317-2025-30-32-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 27/08/2025
Employer heading

Senior Dental Nurse
Band 5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a fully Qualified Senior Dental Nurse who will lead a team of registered dental nurses supporting the delivery of care within the Community Dental Service.
The department provides a range of specialist treatment and assessment for patients on a Monday to Friday basis.
- Interview date: 27th August 2025
- Various hours
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
- As a Registered Dental Nurse you should have a broad range of dental nursing experience which would ideally include working within special care dentistry. Applicants should be able to manage an unpredictable workload whilst remaining calm and supportive to both patients and clinical staff.
- The post holder is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of cross infection procedures as well as good communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. A professional, yet sympathetic approach to patients is also required and must be able to work as part of a team or independently and have knowledge of health and safety procedures.
- Post qualification supervisory experience would be an advantage.
- The post holder will be expected to travel to all Community sites in the City therefore access to car is desired.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
- Freeman Hospital
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
- Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To directly manage the dental nursing team in the designated areas in doing so ensure the efficient and effective provision of dental nursing support to practising clinical staff.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- • National Certificate of Dental Nursing or NVQ in Oral Health Care
- • Post Certificate Qualification e.g. conscious sedation
- • Registration with the General Dental Council (GDC)
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of all dental procedures
- • Supervisory experience
- • Post qualification experience
Desirable criteria
- • Management skills
- • A knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work on own initiative
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
- Caroline Connolly
- Job title
- Outpatient and Administration Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07708082633
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