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Dental Nurse / Receptionist
Coleman & Starkey Dental Practice | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | Permanent | Full-Time | 37 Hours per Week
About The Role
We are looking for a friendly, organised and patient-focused Dental Nurse / Receptionist to join the team at Coleman & Starkey Dental Practice in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established four-surgery private dental practice with an excellent reputation for providing high-quality dental care in a friendly and relaxed environment. The role offers variety, combining clinical dental nursing with reception and patient-facing responsibilities.
You'll work closely with our clinicians and wider practice team to ensure patients receive a warm welcome and an exceptional experience from the moment they arrive. You'll provide chairside support during treatments while also supporting the reception team with appointments, patient communication and the smooth running of the practice.
Working pattern: 37 hours per week over 4 days, 8:00am-6:00pm, with a 45-minute unpaid lunch break from 1:00pm-1:45pm.
About Coleman & Starkey
Coleman & Starkey is a well-established four-surgery private dental practice located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. We provide high-quality dental care for the whole family in a friendly and relaxed environment, with a strong emphasis on making every patient feel happy, comfortable and well cared for.
We are proud to be one of only a small number of dental practices in Wiltshire to have achieved the British Dental Association Good Practice Gold Award, as well as being Denplan Excel accredited. These accreditations reflect our commitment to maintaining consistently high standards of patient care, clinical practice and professionalism.
The practice is conveniently located around a five-minute walk from Trowbridge town centre, with the train station less than a mile away and direct rail links towards London. There is also a bus stop on Timbrell Street, and convenient on-street parking is available.
Your Role
As a Dental Nurse / Receptionist, you'll have a varied role supporting both the clinical and reception sides of the practice.
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Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing high-quality chairside support to clinicians
- Preparing and maintaining surgeries
- Ensuring instruments and equipment are ready for treatment
- Maintaining high standards of infection prevention, decontamination and clinical safety
- Supporting the reception team by welcoming patients, answering telephone enquiries, managing appointments, updating patient records and helping to ensure patients receive a friendly and professional service throughout their visit
You'll work collaboratively with clinicians and colleagues to ensure the practice runs smoothly and efficiently, while maintaining the high standards expected of a leading private dental practice.
About You
We're looking for someone who is:
- GDC Registered as a Dental Nurse
- Experienced in dental nursing and confident providing chairside support
- Friendly, approachable and passionate about delivering excellent patient care
- Comfortable working in a patient-facing reception environment
- Organised and able to manage a varied workload
- Confident communicating with patients, clinicians and colleagues
- Professional with excellent attention to detail
- A positive team player who enjoys working collaboratively
- Committed to maintaining high standards of infection prevention and clinical compliance
- Flexible and willing to support both the nursing and reception functions of the practice
- Proactive, reliable and keen to contribute to the continued success of the practice
Previous experience within a private dental practice and experience working within a reception or front-of-house environment would be advantageous.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications
- 37-hour working week over 4 days
- 8:00am-6:00pm working hours
- 45-minute lunch break from 1:00pm-1:45pm
- 6.6 weeks' annual leave
- One additional day's holiday after 6 years of employment, increasing by one additional day as service progresses, up to a maximum of one additional week's holiday after 10 years
- Supportive and friendly team environment
- Opportunity to work within an established private dental practice
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
- Employee benefits and support available through the practice
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Why Join Coleman & Starkey?
At Coleman & Starkey, we believe excellent dentistry starts with an excellent team. We are committed to providing our patients with high-quality care in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming environment.
Our Good Practice Gold Award and Denplan Excel accreditation demonstrate our commitment to maintaining high standards, while our close-knit team culture ensures colleagues feel supported and valued.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Dental Nurse who enjoys variety and would welcome the opportunity to combine clinical nursing with patient-facing reception responsibilities within a highly regarded private practice.
If you're looking for your next Dental Nurse opportunity and want to join a practice where quality, patient care and teamwork are genuinely valued, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today to become part of the team at Coleman & Starkey Dental Practice.
Here at Envisage Dental, we celebrate collaboration and transparency. We are proud to be an inclusive equal opportunity workplace. We have created a workforce that is reflective of our diverse patient and practice communities, that promotes positivity, and we believe this is critical to our success.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic.
As part of our commitment to closing the Gender Pay Gap and ensuring equal opportunities for all candidates, we do not request or consider salary history at any stage of our recruitment process. Our compensation decisions are based on the requirements of the role, relevant skills and experience, and our commitment to fair and equitable pay.
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