Dental Nurse
Colchester, Essex, East Anglia, England
£13 - £15 per hour
Expiry date:10 May 2026
Start date:09 Feb 2026
✨ Join Our Friendly Dental Team in Colchester! – Dental Nurse Vacancy ✨
Are you a caring, organised, and motivated Dental Nurse looking for your next opportunity? Our welcoming Colchester practice is seeking a new Dental Nurse to join our supportive, warm, and patient-focused team.
We are a well-established two-surgery mixed practice offering both private and NHS dentistry, giving you the chance to work in a varied and rewarding clinical environment every day.
This is a permanent role, available on a full-time or part-time basis, and we’re ready for the right person to start as soon as possible. You’ll enjoy a Monday to Friday schedule only, with no weekends or bank holidays.
🦷 What You’ll Be Doing
As an essential member of our team, you’ll help create a positive patient journey and support clinicians day-to-day. Responsibilities include:
We want you to feel valued, supported, and appreciated. We offer:
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
Apply today and take the next step in your dental nursing career with us in Colchester!
Dental Recruit Network are a trusted supplier of NHS and Private Dental services. We supply work to Dental Nurses, Dental Receptionists, Practice Managers, Dental Hygienists and Dentists. We are one of the fastest growing recruitment agencies in the UK and supply Nationwide. Dental Recruit Network are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
Are you a caring, organised, and motivated Dental Nurse looking for your next opportunity? Our welcoming Colchester practice is seeking a new Dental Nurse to join our supportive, warm, and patient-focused team.
We are a well-established two-surgery mixed practice offering both private and NHS dentistry, giving you the chance to work in a varied and rewarding clinical environment every day.
This is a permanent role, available on a full-time or part-time basis, and we’re ready for the right person to start as soon as possible. You’ll enjoy a Monday to Friday schedule only, with no weekends or bank holidays.
🦷 What You’ll Be Doing
As an essential member of our team, you’ll help create a positive patient journey and support clinicians day-to-day. Responsibilities include:
- Providing chairside assistance across a range of general dentistry treatments
- Preparing surgeries before appointments and ensuring smooth turnaround
- Managing instruments, sterilisation, and maintaining excellent cross-infection control
- Updating and maintaining patient records using Kodak R4
- Maintaining organised stock levels
- Supporting patients throughout their visit with a reassuring, friendly manner
- Collaborating closely with the dental team to ensure smooth practice operations
- Upholding a tidy, safe, and welcoming clinical environment
We want you to feel valued, supported, and appreciated. We offer:
- £13–£15 per hour (depending on experience)
- Annual salary review
- Paid CPD to support professional development
- Paid parking permit
- Supportive, friendly team culture with opportunities to learn and grow
- A practice happy to welcome newly qualified nurses
- No weekend or bank holiday work—enjoy your free time
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
- A qualified Dental Nurse (newly qualified welcome!)
- Warm, friendly, and professional
- A confident communicator who puts patients at ease
- Organised, reliable, and able to work well under pressure
- A team player who enjoys contributing to a positive practice environment
- Eager to learn, grow, and build confidence in general dentistry
Apply today and take the next step in your dental nursing career with us in Colchester!
Dental Recruit Network are a trusted supplier of NHS and Private Dental services. We supply work to Dental Nurses, Dental Receptionists, Practice Managers, Dental Hygienists and Dentists. We are one of the fastest growing recruitment agencies in the UK and supply Nationwide. Dental Recruit Network are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
