Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Dental Nurse Team Leader
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dental Nurse Team Leader in Community Dental Services based at St Leonard in Inner North East London (INEL).
We are seeking to appoint someone who is passionate about delivering a high-quality standard of care to our patients across the London boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, and Newham.
The range of services includes Sedation, Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Domiciliary care, Bariatric, and Dental Mobile service (Homeless/Medium secure unit).
Key Responsibilities:
- Work in a busy environment while remaining calm.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of and commitment to delivering excellent standards of care.
- Provide specific responsibility for providing care for Domiciliary/Mobile dental unit.
- Cover as a Dental Nurse Team Leader at St Leonards clinic when required.
- Flexibility required to run the Mobile Dental Unit, including early starts.
- Organisation of the dental kits and materials for Domiciliary team/Dental Mobile.
- Undertake specific roles as directed by the Practice Manager to support the day-to-day running of the clinics.
- Provide advice and guidance to frontline staff and line management of dental nurses working on outreach projects.
- Work in partnership with other Dental Nurse Team Leaders to ensure standardized practices across all sites.
- Demonstrate strong leadership, the ability to work independently, proactively, and under pressure.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Qualifications:
- Successful applicants are required to have the qualification level specified in the person specification to carry out the job.
- Applicants wishing to further their knowledge and skills and gain the recognized qualification are welcome; support will be provided.
- If you do not have the essential qualification for the role, this may not be an automatic barrier to being offered an interview.
Additional Information:
- This vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship, and we are unable to accept applications from candidates who cannot provide documentary evidence of the right to work in the United Kingdom.
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. This may result in changes affecting some services, teams, or roles. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes.
- Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, and Excellent.
- We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
- We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Nargis Patel
- Job title: Practice Manager
- Email address: nargis.patel@nhs.net
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location