Dental Nurse | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 pa or pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS5 0UA |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7633358/387-S3573-GB-A |
Summary
This position is for a float Dental Nurse, to provide clinical support in Primary Care Dental Service sites across Bristol, Bath and Weston.
The ability to work across the different community dental practices as required is essential.
As a Dental Nurse at UHBW, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality dental care to our patients. Working closely with our dental professionals, you will ensure the smooth operation of our clinics and contribute to our commitment to improving oral health in the community. This will involve, but not limited to:
• Monitor and maintain a high standard of cleanliness and infection control in line with current codes of practice and trust policy.
• Provide four handed dentistry throughout the patient’s treatment, anticipating the clinicians needs and any possible complications which may arise including assisting the management of medical and dental emergencies.
• To provide clinical support and advice for the dental team.
• To identify each patient’s medical, dental, and personal needs within a wide range of treatments and procedures before, during and after the patient is discharged from clinic.
What do we offer to you?
Apart from getting work within a friendly and supportive team:
• Training and development opportunities
• Highly rewarding job working with patients with additional needs
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Access to an ample Wellbeing offer
As part of the team, you will be responsible for providing clinical chairside support for colleagues with a varied skill mix. Some of main responsibilities include processing dental instruments, daily testing and documentation of decontamination processes and equipment.
The role also involves some added administrative duties such as supporting the reception area when required.
The ability to work across the different community dental practices as required is essential. Some experience of working with our patient groups is desirable but not essential.
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.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Friday 5 Dec 2025
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