Dental Clinical Assistant

The role

It is an exciting time to join Bristol Dental School as we move to a city centre state of the art new site (1 Trinity Quay, Avon Street, Bristol) to deliver a new operating model in Summer 2023.

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, flexible, and reliable clinical dental assistant to work closely with the clinical dental team in this 119-chair clinical facility.

The post holders will be guided by the lead dental nurses to assist with the day to day running of the clinical dispensaries, flow and distribution of dental instruments and clinical supplies across all clinical areas within the Dental School. The post holder will primarily be supporting the dental students in the provision of safe, high quality patient care for our patients accessing treatment at Bristol Dental School

What will you be doing?

The successful candidate will:

• Support the clinical team in the preparation and maintenance of the department to include, stocking of dental bays, waste management and the flushing of dental chair water lines.
• Undertake the safe guidance of patients around the building to include welcoming them into the clinical departments and to provide chaperone support as required for patient assessment.
• Engage with all aspects of decontamination and participate in the unpacking of sterilised instruments ensuring a thorough check of sterility, date of decontamination process and packaging integrity is complete prior to dispensing to dental students.
• Understand and comply with local rules, compliance and Health & Safety policies and help ensure compliance amongst all other users.

You should apply if

• You have proven experience of working in a similar environment (healthcare, hospital, or dental surgery), or equivalent practical skills learned in an alternative environment
• You have a positive attitude with good communication skills
• You are committed in providing a high level of internal customer service in the teaching environment
• You have the ability to work effectively and proactively with the dental team and in the wider dental teaching environment
• Roles are available on as Full time/Part time/Job Share - Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week.
• Salary Range – Grade D £21,761 per annum (£11.96 per hour) to £23,662 per annum (£13 per hour) based on 35 hours per week- depending on experience.

Additional information

Contract type: Open-ended

Work pattern: full time/ 1FTE

Grade: D

Salary: £21,761 - £23,662

School/Unit: Bristol Dental School

Shift pattern: 35 hours per week

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on 05/06/2023

For informal queries please contact: Lee.moran@bristol.ac.uk

Available documents

• School Information - BDS - October 2022.pdf
• SUPP109857 - Dental Clinical Assistant JD.pdf