Dental Technician

As a Qualified and registered Dental Technician, you will join a team of eleven Dental Technicians within the Prosthodontic Laboratory , part of the Restorative & MaxilloFacial Laboratories at Newcastle Dental Hospital. Providing high quality Prosthodontic appliances to our patients within this large Teaching Dental Hospital you will join a busy production team and will also help to support our Undergraduate Student Dentists and Clinical staff in the providing an excellent standard of service to patients. Alongside other senior Technicians you will develop skills, knowledge and experience in all areas of Prosthodontics to enhance your professional development, to learn new techniques and to be involved in the adaptation of new technology such as CAD/ CAM design and manufacture, 3D printing and other Digital developments. As a very busy team, we pride ourselves on the high technical skills we demonstrate every day in the provision of services to our patients, our undergraduates and our staff.

• Interview Date: 5 December 2022
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

The main duties of this role will be in the provision of a varied range of removable appliances and splints. These comprise partial and complete dentures, Immediate dentures, cobalt chrome frameworks, hard splints and undertaking repairs and additions as required. Working alongside senior Technicians you will develop skills, knowledge and experience on a daily basis to enhance your professional development. Attendance on Clinics supporting Students and Clinicians is required with this role alongside the close collaboration, communication and integration with other Technical teams. Digital skills are desired but not essential, as the rapidly changing development of this technology and its integration into NHS Dentistry gathers pace. An awareness of / interest in CAD/CAM technology is a must as we develop the use of this exciting new capability within our production Laboratories in Newcastle Dental Hospital. Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

• Producing dental technical appliances prescribed by clinicians related to Prosthodontics.
• The majority of the specialist work may be the construction of complex techniques including immediate dentures, over dentures and Cobalt Chromes for clinical staff, postgraduate students and undergraduate students.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.