Qualified Dental Nurse – Bupa Dental Care Wakefield
Wakefield Town Centre
Fixed-Term Contract – 18 Months
Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays | 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Looking for your next opportunity in a supportive, fast-paced environment? We’re looking for a Qualified Dental Nurse to join our friendly team in the heart of Wakefield on a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
We're a busy NHS practice with a strong community feel – and we’re all about teamwork, great patient care, and making every day enjoyable (with plenty of tea and teamwork along the way!).
What you’ll get from us:
GDC registration, DBS check, and professional indemnity – all paid for by Bupa
A supportive, down-to-earth team that feels like family
Stability and backing from a leading name in UK healthcare
Access to fantastic industry-leading benefits (keep scrolling to see more)
If you’re organised, caring, and ready to hit the ground running in a buzzing practice – we’d love to hear from you!
As a at Bupa, you’ll benefit from exceptional development and opportunities and an experienced practice team around you - all in an environment built to help you succeed and feel comfortable coming to work.
Qualified Dental Nurse skills and experience required for this role:
1. GDC Registered
2. Preferred Dentally experience
3. Ensure CQC requirements are met
4. Update patient records - digitally held
5. Set up decontamination of instruments
6. Provide clinical chair-side support to dentists
7. Undertake some reception duties
8. Willingness to provide exceptional patient care
Your development at Bupa Dental Care
We have introduced a career framework for which links pay to skills, qualifications and progression.
Dental nurses are central to the success of our practices, and we want you to feel valued and well-rewarded for your vital work. Our pay structure offers you clear career direction and professional development opportunities - should you wish to take them. If not, that's ok too, we know how challenging and rewarding a career in dental nursing is, we recognise this and we take action to make life easier for you.
Your salary and benefits:
We make life better for millions. That includes yours. Here are just some of the benefits on offer when you join Bupa Dental Care:
9. Competitive pay rates which increase as you gain more experience.
10. Access to MyHealthcare which gives you quick, easy access to free support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number. You will also receive the MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
11. My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your financial wellbeing.
12. Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK. This benefit includes access to online digital fitness providers too.
13. Our mental health approach brings together a wide range of support such as our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Family Mental HealthLine and access to Personal Energy - Bupa’s own wellbeing programme.
14. Discounted dental insurance which can be extended to immediate family members.
15. Additional health and wellbeing benefits include Cycle to Work Scheme, free annual Flu vaccine, discounted eye tests and Bupa’s Menopause Plan.
16. Wagestream – Access your income before payday, if and when you need it.
17. You're supported from day one to learn, develop and encouraged to progress. We’ve established dental nurse career pathways leading to senior roles, free specialist training and offer free CPD.
18. We cover your GDC registration, your DBS and professional indemnity - we'll save you hundreds of pounds so you can concentrate on delivering great patient care and building your dental career with us.
19. And many more, just ask.
Benefits
- Shop discounts (over 700 stores)- Gym discounts- GDC Registration (UK Only)- Professional indemnity- Free CPD- Employee referral scheme- And many more!