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Main area
Orthodontics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
337-NP-8742AC
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park Hospital
Town
Harrow
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2025 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Orthodontic Technologist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The post holder's prime responsibility will be to support the provision of orthodontic and associated dental technology services for the Orthodontic department.

The post holder will be required to construct a broad range of removable, fixed and functional orthodontic appliances,.  the post also requires the holder to perform minor constructive work in Oral Surgery

 

Main duties of the job

The construction of a broad range of routine and complex fixed and removable orthodontic appliances.

Providing a same-day service for orthodontic retainer appliances

To undertake the duties of an Orthodontic Technologist following clinical prescription

To support the department in selection, procurement and function of 3-D scanning technologies with 3-D scanners and 3-D printing in dental laboratory setting for production and where appropriate of printed models and appliances.  To be responsible to keep up to date with current scanning techniques, software, and equipment updates.

The construction of high-quality orthodontic study-models.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full role duties and responsibilities please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered with the GDC as a Dental Technologist
  • BSc Degree in Dental Technology or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • knowledge of general dental techniques
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working in a hospital setting

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT skills
  • High level of hand/eye co-ordination and manual dexterity

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Cheshire
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07977440510
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