Registered Dental Nurse
The closing date is 07 November 2025
This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System
Organisations within scope are as follows:
* Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
* Royal South Hants (Orthodontics)
Position type: Full time, 37.5 hours per week. Permanent
Band 4 Salary: £27,4585 - £30,162 per annum
We are looking for a Registered Band 4 Dental Nurse to join us part time in our busy Maxillofacial Department. Assisting our Consultants and clinicians working across all specialities, which include Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial, Restorative and Orthodontics, on a rotational basis. Ideally the candidate would need to be an excellent team member and communicator, self‑motivated and caring.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide and maintain high standards of care for all patients with physical disabilities and patients of the unit - severe/complex medical conditions, including cancer.
2. To liaise and support MDT in a flexible and friendly manner.
3. To provide patients with support and to maintain high standards of patient assistance including treatment and care, adhering to hospital and dental progress reports nursing procedures.
4. Preparation of surgery to include maintain the professional approach required, instruments and equipment required by the Department.
5. To undertake the care and cleaning of instruments to maintain Trust standards in infection control. Report all items in need of repair or replacement.
6. To keep the Nurse Manager informed.
7. Maintain professional approach to any complaints or difficulties working, ensuring good service in dealing with patients is continued.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on‑site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on‑site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job responsibilities
1. To maintain high standards of patient care and adhere to hospital policy and procedures. To participate in achievement of quantity standards and in quality monitoring, with particular emphasis on waiting times in clinics and on customer care in addition to high standards of clinical care.
2. To prepare surgeries, including preparation of instruments and equipment for all Dental/Surgical procedures.
3. To liaise with and assist clinical, medical and dental staff in all procedures.
4. To attend peripheral clinics, providing nursing and radiography support when appropriate.
5. To provide oral health education to patients on treatment, oral hygiene, dietary needs and other health promotion areas as relevant and to provide information, advice and support regarding their treatment.
6. To ensure medical equipment and instruments are checked, maintained and suitable for their purposes, reporting any defect to the nurse manager and assisting in arrangement for repair and replacement.
7. To make patient appointments when appropriate, inputting data into hospital and departmental information system, and obtaining necessary information from such systems.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Qualifications
* Registered Dental Nurse with GDC
* Must have experience in all clinical aspects of Dental Nursing.
Experience
* Experience in Oral Surgery, advanced restorative dentistry and orthodontics.
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.
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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