Community Dental Nurse

Community Dental Nurse

The closing date is 23 December 2025

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full time Band 4 Dental Nurse in Community Dental Services based at St Leonards Hospital in Inner North East London (INEL).

We are seeking to appoint someone who is passionate about delivering a high‑quality standard of care to our patients across the London borough of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham.

The range of services includes Sedation, Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Domiciliary care, Bariatric and Dental Mobile service (Homeless/Medium secure unit).

You will need to be able to work in a very busy environment whilst remaining calm and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of and commitment to delivering excellent standards of care.

A Team Leader with specific responsibility for providing chair‑side Dental Nursing for a special care group of patients in clinical setting and on outreach. Whilst the post will be based at an agreed clinic the role is peripatetic and will involve covering all dental sites in INEL.

You will be required to have the qualification level specified in the person specification in order to carry out the job, however, we do welcome applicants from individuals wishing to further their knowledge and skills and to gain this recognised qualification, which we will support. So, if you do not have the essential qualification for the role, this may not be an automatic barrier to you being offered an interview.

You will be delivering high‑quality customer services to patients and visitors, providing chair‑side assistance, visiting patients in the community (domiciliary, Homeless centres and the medium secure unit in mobile dental unit), covering reception and supporting the entire dental team.

Organisation of the dental kits and materials for domicile dental visits.

Undertake specific roles as and when directed by the Dental Nurse team leader to support the day‑to‑day running of the clinics, implementing service initiatives/developments to ensure compliance with regulatory standards including, but not limited to, CQC, Dental Practice Inspections, Standard Operating Procedures, Health & Safety Risk Assessment etc.

Dental Nurse to ensure standardised practices across all sites.

You will need to demonstrate strong leadership, with the ability to work independently, proactively and under pressure.

The attached job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the main duties in job description and criteria in the person specification.

Rated "outstanding" by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This information is not shared with anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short‑listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.

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