Dental Nurse

Competitive package £26,500-£29,5000 p/a* (
* this is dependant on additional qualifications)

Applications Close:

18th March 2026

Are you passionate about helping others and making a real difference? Do you want to be part of a team where your work truly impacts your community, the environment, and the future of healthcare? Then Smile Together is the place for you!

About the Role:

We are looking for a caring, motivated Dental Nurse
to join our friendly, patient-focused team. Working across our modern practices and community locations, you will provide high-quality clinical support to our dentists and dental therapists while helping deliver exceptional patient care.

Whether you’re newly qualified or an experienced nurse looking for a fresh opportunity, Smile Together offers a supportive environment, opportunities to develop your skills, and the chance to contribute to meaningful community health initiatives.

Smile Together provides dental nursing careers with a difference, with exciting opportunities to:

• Progress in our amazing new Dental Nurse Career Pathway which could enable you to gain additional qualifications in your own special interest and care for your own list of patients in nurse-led clinics delivering face-to-face dental care to Cornwall’s most vulnerable people, depending on the route you take
• Mentor our foundation dental nurses and gain valuable mentorship training
• Have the opportunity to deliver care across the county in our Mobile Dental Unit as part of our Outreach team

Let us support your career development whilst helping us make a difference to those who need us most:

If you think this career choice, delivering dental care with purpose and meaning for local people and communities, is for you, apply online here

Your package

At Smile Together we offer a dental nurse role that is different to what you may have done before. We support colleagues to progress their careers in line with their individual aspirations and needs of the business. See our Inside Track case studies here to see how we have supported our colleagues to develop.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive package £26,500-£29,5000 p/a* (
  * this is dependant on additional qualifications)
• Paid indemnity and GDC registration (pro rata)
• Access to company pension, ensuring your long-term financial well-being
• Our workforce benefits package including company bonus (paid pro rata) and dividend scheme*

Time off:

• 27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays each year (pro rata)
• An additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday – because you deserve to be celebrated!

Professional Development:

• Working with highly skilled, enthusiastic and fun teams, committed to patient care
• Support in defining and developing your professional career in a positive and enabling environment
• An excellent dedicated and personalised training package to help maintain your CPD and wider professional development via our Smile Together Training Academy
• A friendly support network with an induction colleague assigned to assist your transition to our company
• Opportunity to become a shareholder
  * and have a genuine voice in our employee-owned and B Corp Certified community interest company, shaping the future of Smile Together
• Attend our annual ‘Smile (Get) Together’ and get involved in various team building activities such as beach cleans and BBQ’s on the beach! We really do have such a fantastic team!

Health and Wellbeing:

• A range of health and wellbeing support and resources to help you maintain optimal physical and mental health
• Free uniforms/scrubs and PPE for our clinical and patient-facing colleagues, ensuring you have everything you need to provide exceptional care

We’re a committed and friendly team that puts our people and patients first, giving you the opportunity to develop and progress your career in a safe, supportive environment. It’s never been a more exciting time to join us in providing a valued dental service in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We are the UK’s first dental practice to become B Corp certified. This means we care for Cornwall, our society and environment.

Final date to receive applications – 18th March by 5pm

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible