Job summary
- Main area
- Dental
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-6779724-DEN
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Production Laboratory, Birmingham Dental Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Prosthetic Dental Technician
Band 5
Job overview
The post holder works autonomously and part of a team and is responsible for the design, planning, and construction of precision custom made, complete and partial removable appliances, over dentures, onlay appliances, immediate restoration appliances, training plates, and soft occlusal guards . For the Prosthetics Restorative, Paediatric, and special Care dental departments.
Main duties of the job
Plan, design and construct custom made removable prosthetic appliances
Plan, coordinate and prioritise daily personal workload to meet laboratory deadlines and to meet service requirements, bringing any areas of concern to the attention of the laboratory manager.
Provide emergency service and repairs for patients
Demonstrate/discuss techniques with undergraduates, clinicians, dental nurses and visitors when required. Provide advice, when asked, on selection of materials and the correct and safe use of equipment within the laboratory.
Responsible for producing a high quality standard of work.
Utilise various specialised pieces of machinery within the laboratory.
Deal with internal and external telephone enquiries routinely.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
We are a busy NHS Dental Laboratory consisting of 22 GDC registered dental Technicians, covering Prosthetic Conservation and Orthodontics.
There are a range of training and development opportunities for completion of CPD and regular mandatory training carried out.
Flexible working options are available and offered in line with the needs of the service being fully covered.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Advise and assist consultants, senior and junior clinical staff and undergraduate dental students on technical design and problems relating to patient treatment and expectations.
To participate in regular laboratory/clinic staff meetings and contribute to policy changes and procedures.
To see patients with the clinician when appropriate, in order to provide technical advice and support.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GDC Registration
- Bsc/Btech Diploma in Dental Technology/ or equivalent
- Demonstrate interest in Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Competent use of relevant IT systems
Skills, knowledge Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to design a full range of Prosthodontic appliances
- Specialist knowledge of a wide range of technical procedures
- Good communication and organisational skills
- Ability to work flexibly and under pressure
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Julie Padgett
- Job title
- Clinical Service Manager - Production Laboratory
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 5041
- Additional information
please contact me between 9am - 3.30pm if you require any further information, or should you wish to come and look around the hospital and Lab area.
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