Band 5 Prosthetic Dental Technician

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., 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.

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.