ESHT • St Leonards on Sea TN37 7AN
About this role
Are you a registered Dental Nurse looking for extra hours in the evenings and weekends?
We are looking to recruit to our Dental Nurse team across our two East Sussex, Out of Hours dental sites. (formerly known as the Emergency Dental Service)
Successful candidates would be joining our dedicated out of hours dental team providing urgent dental care to people in East Sussex.
We have various permanent 4 and 4.5 hour evening and weekend shifts for dental nursing and reception triage duties across our East Sussex
sites.
Our out of hours dental clinics are based in Eastbourne and St Leonards on sea.
You will need to be a qualified registered Dental Nurse with at least 2 years previous chairside experience.
To assist the duty dentist in the delivery of out of hours care to patients and administer and manage the sessional running of clinic.
Receive patients and prepare them for treatment taking into account any patient disability or special
needs.
Assist during treatment by using relevant equipment and techniques to ensure procedures are carried out safely, efficiently and effectively.
Mix and accurately prepare clinical materials, using specific guidelines for each individual material, as requested by clinician for use in patient
treatment.
To make telephone contact with patients that have contacted the service to provide triage and advice to analyse their condition and decide if an
appointment is appropriate and to then be responsible for allowing patients access to the building.
Ensure that correct documentation has been completed by patients, parents/carers, update patient records on computer, collect patient charges and be responsible for point of treatment checks by examining appropriate patient documentation and occasional manual collection of
information.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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This advert closes on Thursday 11 Jun 2026
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