Senior Dental Nurse | Barts Health NHS Trust

We are currently recruiting a permanent full time Senior Dental Nurse to work with our Undergraduate students at Royal London Dental Hospital. The successful candidate will provide nursing leadership in our undergraduate department working alongside both trust and QMUL staff providing our dentalstudents. This is an ideal career opportunity for anyone looking to develop their existing skills and be part of our internationally renowned teaching hospital in east London.

Hours of work will be 9.0am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch. The post will be a split of 80/20 clinical and admin

The Royal London Dental Hospital at Barts Health and is a leading specialist hospital for first-class dental and oral health care & provides clinical excellence in all aspects of dentistry.

Barts

Health currently has four sites

Whitechapel, Leytonstone, Stratford & Isle of Dogs. This new site will be an addition to these existing sites.

In becoming a Barts Health employee you will be joining an organisation in which safe and compassionate care is at the heart of all we do, this also includes our staff. We have numerous staff benefits as well as providing subscription to a training package which supports our Dental Nurses in completing their annual GDC eCPD. We are also supportive of our employees that wish to complete post qualifications within their speciality.

• To support the clinical services and Students to deliver a mouthcare programme for in hospital in patients.
• Ensure the mouthcare programme runs efficiently and effectively and the students are supported.
• To ensure a Quality Assurance program is undertaken within the service
• Provide training to clinical staff on the use of equipment on site
• Provide assistance to a team of HAS’s and hygiene/ theraphy students while they carry out mouthcare for our patients
• To provide high quality chairside support to all clinicians and ensure that the standard of all dental nursing care is of the highest order and in line with Trust Policies and Procedures
• Support the Lead Dental Nurses, Qualified Dental Nurses and Student Dental Nurses to undertake practical training and induction for band 4 nurses and HCA’s
• Provide direct line management to band 4 nurses including, sickness management, annual leave, appraisal, performance management and day to day management of their welfare.
• Carry out witness training and support trainees with their Record of Experience
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of mouthcare matters within the hospital
• Champion service improvement for your clinical area
• Responsibility for designated areas of clinical operations and other areas of activity as required
• Provide support to the dental nurse managers in the recruitment process
• Conduct infection control audits for your clinical area and act on findings

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026