Registered Dental Nurse

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.

NHS Band 4 Salary:  £28,392 - £31,157 per annum 

Hours per Week: Full time, 37.5 

Position type :  Temporary 12 months

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. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide and maintain high standards of care for all patients with physical disabilities and patients of the unit severe/complex medical conditions, including cancer.
• To liaise and support MDT in a flexible and friendly manner.
• 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.
• Preparation of surgery to include Maintain the professional approach necessary instruments and equipment required by the Department.
• To undertake the care and cleaning of Maintain the Trust standards in infection the instruments used. Reporting all items control in need of repair or replacement.

For full job details please refer to enclosed job description.

Essential

• Registered Dental Nurse with a current GDC registration.
• Must have experience in all clinical aspects of Dental Nursing.

Desirable

• Experience in Oral Surgery, advanced restorative dentistry, orthodontics & other dental specialities.
• Hospital experience or previous experience of cancer patients is preferred but not essential.
• Post qualification certificate in radiology, orthodontics, implantology, oral health education, special care would be desirable but not essential.

Experience

Essential

• Recent or currently working in a clinical dental setting, nursing for a variety of dental procedures.

Desirable

• Hospital experience or previous experience of cancer patients.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date CPD portfolio & PD plan
• Patient understanding and caring attitude 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Knowledge & understanding of infection control 
• Demonstrate good organizational skill 
• Flexible in approach to service delivery 
• Understand the need to work to improve efficiency to reduce waste 
• Respectful toward all colleagues and team member’s 
• Ability to work effectively within the wider multidisciplinary team 
• Able to work well under pressure adapting as needed. 

Desirable

• Post qualification certificate in radiology, orthodontics, implantology, oral health education, special care would be desirable but not essential.

Please list any additional post grad certificates and/or qualifications.

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’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026