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Following a recent retirement of one of our longer-serving team members an opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced and resourceful Chief Dental Technician/Prosthetics Laboratory Manager to join our team at Bristol Dental Hospital.
The post holder will lead and manage the Removeable Prosthodontic Laboratory, providing expert technical support to clinical teams and patients. The post holder will be responsible for the production of highly complex, bespoke dental and maxillofacial appliances, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance. They will also contribute to the development of services, mentor junior staff, and support teaching and training initiatives within the department and wider hospital.
Applications are invited from dental technicians who are fully registered with the General Dental Council and hold a recognised academic qualification in dental technology. We encourage applications from dental technicians whether your experience and background is based in a commercial dental laboratory or NHS hospital setting.
This is an exciting time to join the team at Bristol Dental Hospital, as we embark on a journey of modernisation, which has seen recent investment in state-of-the-art digital planning software and 3D printing technology.
To lead and manage a specialist section within the Dental Production Laboratories, providing expert technical support to clinical teams and patients. The post holder will be responsible for the production of highly complex, bespoke dental and maxillofacial appliances, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance. They will also contribute to the development of services, mentor junior staff, and support teaching and training initiatives within the department and wider hospital.
The post holder will be expected to take on a leading role in the expansion of digital workflows, develop new skills in line with experience, new practices, qualifications and will also have a commitment to continuing professional development.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.