Job summary
- Main area
- Dental
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- Fairfield R&D
- Employer
- Community Dental Services CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Fairfield Children’s Centre
- Town
- Buxton
- Salary
- £23,615 Per annum (pro rata if 30 hours)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading

Dental Receptionist and Decontamination Support Worker
Band 2
Job overview
Dental Receptionist and Decontamination Support Worker, Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours, 5 days per week (30 Hours considered)
Base: Fairfield Children’s Centre, Victoria Park Road, Fairfield, Buxton,SK17 7PE
Salary: £23,615 per annum (pro rata if 30 hours)
Do you want to make a difference? If so, why not consider a career with an award winning dentally led social enterprise?
If your answer is ‘yes’ and you see yourself as a caring, compassionate, flexible, and approachable person where you will be appreciated by patients and the team, then this is the place for you.
Your good communication skills and effortless ways of making people feel at ease will be a real asset when providing valuable support at these clinics
Main duties of the job
What are we looking for?
Community Dental Services CIC are looking for a Dental Receptionist and Decontamination Support Worker who identifies with our values as a Social Enterprise and is passionate about providing care for those most at need.
You will be responsible for providing reception and administrative support in our clinics and to assist in the decontamination and maintenance of dental instruments and equipment.
Most importantly, we would like you to have a welcoming and upbeat approach and be a helping hand in the clinic for both employees and patients. Working hours are within the period 8.30am – 6.00pm, Monday to Friday and we will need you to be flexible in your approach to work.
We will need you to work at other clinics, so car drivers are essential.
Working for our organisation
What do we offer?
- Full time, permanent contract, 37.5 hours per week
- Starting salary gross £23,615 per year (pro rata if 30 hours)
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata if 30 hours)
- Access to Corporate Pension Scheme
- 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Funded internal and external mandatory training to enable you to maintain your CPD
- Support with training for your wider professional development
- Uniforms provided
- Receive a funded share in the Company and have a say in how CDS is run at all levels.
- Opportunity to play a key part in local social care initiatives within your local communities
Please ensure that you read the Job Description, which also includes the person specification, before applying
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the main duties and responsibilities, please see attached job description.
Person specification
Dental Receptionist and Decontamination Support Worker
Essential criteria
- Please see attached Person Specification within the Job Description
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Sillitto
- Job title
- Senior Dental Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07879 487694
- Additional information
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