Postgraduate and Undergraduate Dental Technician

Job Overview

We are recruiting a Postgraduate and Undergraduate Support Dental Technician to join a dynamic team to support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Centre for Teaching and Innovation, Institute of dentistry, QM.

Candidates are expected to teach technical/clinical aspects of dentistry and support the Lead Dental Technical Skills Manager to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the teaching laboratory and the teaching/clinical skills units located on the third floor of the Dental Institute.

• Teach technical/clinical aspects of dentistry.
• Support the Lead Dental Technical Skills Manager to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the teaching laboratory and the teaching/clinical skills units located on the third floor of the Dental Institute.

• BTEC, HNC, Degree in Dental Technology or equivalent.
• GDC registered.
• Experience essential in specialist areas of Dental technology including CAD-CAM technology and both fixed or removable prosthodontics.
• Good communication and organisational and IT skills.

The Institute of Dentistry, Dental Technology/Clinical Skills Laboratory are a modern teaching environment with 54 laboratory benches, state of the art laboratory equipment and 72 'state of the art' dental simulators, (mannequins which give students the opportunity to practice their dentistry techniques in conditions which most closely simulate real life). This Laboratory provides an invaluable resource for education, where both dental undergraduates/postgraduates and dental therapy students learn and practice practical dental skills before working on patients.

• Competitive salaries.
• Access to a generous pension scheme.
• 30 days' leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term).
• Season ticket loan scheme.
• Access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities.
• Work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Campus facilities.

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we've fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it's simply 'the right thing to do' but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Queen Mary's commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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