# Dental Nurse

**Company**: 18 Week Support Limited
**Location**: London
**Experience**: mid
**Salary**: Negotiable
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking experienced Dental Nurses to support insourcing surgical lists across West Midlands, helping to deliver NHS waiting list initiatives. The Dental Nurse will provide clinical and administrative support to dentists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons during surgical and dental procedures, ensuring patients receive safe, effective and high-quality care.

The role will involve supporting patient care pathways, providing chairside assistance, maintaining high standards of infection prevention and control, and assisting with surgical procedures including tooth extractions.

This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside an experienced clinical team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide chairside and clerical support to dentists, oral surgeons and clinical teams.

- Assist with dental extractions, oral surgery and clinical procedures.

- Prepare patients, clinical rooms, equipment and instruments for treatment.

- Provide patient reassurance and pre- and post-operative support.

- Maintain high standards of infection control, clinical safety and patient confidentiality.

**Essential Requirements:**

- GDC registered Dental Nurse with a relevant dental nursing qualification.

- Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience.

- Recent NHS Dental Nursing experience, including at least 12 months in a substantive NHS role.

- Recent hands-on experience in oral surgery and/or tooth extractions.

- Experience working within a dental, oral surgery or maxillofacial setting.

- Good knowledge of infection prevention and control and GDC standards.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

- Commitment to patient safety, high-quality care and continuing professional development.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary

- Flexible working

**About us**

18 Week Support Limited is a leading NHS insourcing provider, working in partnership with NHS Trusts across the UK to increase clinical capacity, reduce waiting times and improve patient access to care.

## Skills

### Required
- GDC registered Dental Nurse
- dental nursing qualification
- infection prevention and control
- GDC standards
- multidisciplinary team

### Nice to have
- oral surgery
- tooth extractions
- NHS Dental Nursing experience

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