Dental Nurse in Colchester

Colchester, Essex, East Anglia, England
£15 per hour
Expiry date:21 Jan 2027
Start date:23 Oct 2026
🦷✨ Dental Nurse | Private Dental Practice | Colchester ✨🦷

💙 Permanent | £15 per hour | 37.5–40 Hours Per Week | ASAP Start

Are you a qualified Dental Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity within a welcoming private dental practice? 😊


An excellent opportunity has become available for a friendly, professional and organised Dental Nurse to join a private practice in Colchester. This varied role combines clinical dental nursing with front-of-house responsibilities, making it ideal for someone who enjoys providing outstanding patient care and supporting the smooth running of a practice.


✨ The Role

🦷 Provide clinical support to the dentist and wider dental team.

🌟 Welcome patients and deliver a friendly, professional front-of-house experience.

📞 Manage patient enquiries, appointments and reception administration.

💻 Use dental practice software and general IT systems to support daily operations.

😊 Help patients feel comfortable while maintaining a professional and efficient environment.

🤝 Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure excellent patient care and service.


🔑 Essential Requirements

🎓 Recognised Dental Nursing qualification, including a National Certificate, NVQ or Diploma in Dental Nursing.

🦷 Valid GDC registration and up-to-date CPD.

📚 Five GCSEs.

💼 Experience working as a Dental Nurse, with at least one year of dental nursing experience preferred.

💬 Outstanding communication and customer service skills.

💻 Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

✍️ Good command of written and spoken English.

🌟 A professional, positive attitude with strong teamwork skills.

😊 The ability to reassure patients while maintaining an organised and efficient working environment.

📋 References are essential.


⭐ Desirable Experience

💻 Previous experience using Dentally dental software.

🩻 Enhanced radiology skills.

📸 Experience with intraoral scanning.

📱 Social media marketing experience.

🦷 Oral Hygiene Instruction (OHI) experience.


💷 Salary & Working Hours

💰 Salary: £15 per hour.

📅 Contract: Permanent.

⏰ Hours: 37.5–40 hours per week.

🗓️ Monday: 8:30am–6:30pm.

🗓️ Tuesday: 8:30am–5:30pm.

🗓️ Wednesday: 8:30am–5:30pm.

🗓️ Thursday: 8:30am–7:30pm.

🗓️ Friday: 8:30am–1:00pm.

💻 Dental software: Dentally.

🏥 Dentistry: General dentistry.

📍 Location: Colchester, Essex.

🚀 Start date: ASAP.


🎁 Additional Benefits

💙 Company pension.

🚗 Free on-site parking.

🚉 Convenient location, approximately 10 minutes from the train station.

🚌 Accessible via local bus routes.


If you're a GDC-registered Dental Nurse with excellent patient care skills who enjoys a varied clinical and front-of-house role, this could be a fantastic opportunity to join a private dental practice 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.
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