Dental Nurse Team Leader | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2025 |
| Location: | Manchetsre, M21 9NJ |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7291484/349-LCO-7291484 |
Summary
Manchester Community Dental Service (MCDS) has five Health Centre’s / Clinics providing dental services within the Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO). Four of these accommodate Foundation Dentists. MCDS provides a high standard of professional care for patients who are unable to access care in the General Dental Services due to their additional needs. It provides comprehensive dental care for people in priority groups to ensure that they are able to access primary and specialist dental care. In addition, MCDS provides a specialised dental service which complements the existing primary dental services. In particular, it provides dental care for patients of all ages with challenging medical conditions, learning difficulties, mental and physical disability, special dental conditions and social and behavioral limitations. Emphasis is given to the promotion of dental health and the prevention of disease
The Dental Nurse Team Leader will collaborate with the clinician for the day-to-day running of the multi-surgery dental clinic. They will be responsible for leading the clinic’s Dental Nurse Team. They will assist the Dental Nurse Manager to ensure that clinical and administrative support is provided to dental clinicians, foundation dentists and dental care professionals in all aspects of dental care, whether in Health Centres, on domiciliary visits or during and epidemiology Survey programmes.
Assist the Leadership team to ensure that the care of patients receiving treatment is delivered by dental nurses in accordance with agreed standards.
Liaise with the Leadership team on all aspects of the daily role of the dental nurse.
Liaise with the Leadership team to staff clinical sessions, by timely deployment of dental nurses to best advantage for city-wide service provision.
Provide Dental Nurse Team Leader support for Service needs at other clinics besides base clinic.
Responsible for undertaking regular 1 to 1 reviews and annual appraisals.
Liaise with Clinicians and provide support during Local inductions for Foundation Dentists.
Support the Leadership team with the coordination of Dental Nurse new starters. Provide Local induction and supervision in the delivery of specific training.
Responsible for ensuring that dental materials are ordered through Service internal systems and maintain robust stock control of consumables.
To act as Super User on Dentally EPR systems and provide support to system users. Monitor system data at point of use for accuracy, Carry out regular housekeeping on the system.
The post holder will be required to use post qualification skills and knowledge in specialist areas within the dental team.
To carry out Extended Duties for Dental Nurses as required under the direction of the clinician.
Participate in the Service Meetings as required. Dental Nurse Team Leader meetings, deputise for Senior Dental Nurse as appropriate.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Jul 2025
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