Dental Nurse | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

To be responsible for the provision of Dental Nursing skills supporting the clinician in the delivery of Dental and Oral Health Care. To maintain the efficient running of the Dental Service environment, maintaining clinical professional development and registration. While based at HMP sites the post holder may be required to travel to provide dental nursing or reception cover at other dental sites as per service need.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

• Maintain clinical registration and uphold and adhere to General Dental Council Standards at all times
• Be an ambassador for the Service, upholding the values of the Trust’s behaviour framework in the discharge of duties and in professional relationships with peers and managers
• Provide chair side support to clinicians promoting the highest standards of excellence in working practices to ensure the delivery of high quality, patient focused care
• Chaperone clinician at all times during patient treatment
• Ability to travel to other dental sites on any given day
• Maintain 100% compliance with all required mandatory and statutory training requirements, ensuring compliance does not lapse
• Participate in Appraisal and Personal Development process as required
• Monitor and maintain the safety and security of the work environment, adhering to controls identified in risk assessments
• Ensure daily maintenance regimes and checks are made and recorded to ensure correct functionality of equipment, reporting any malfunctions

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 in 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 isn’t visible to 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 suits us both

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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

This advert closes on Tuesday 26 May 2026