The post is based in a Specialised Restorative Dentistry Laboratory, within Birmingham Dental Hospital, which provides technical support for consultants, senior and junior clinical staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students in a wide range of dental specialties.
To provide a range of restorative dentistry technical services, with particular emphasis on the design, planning and construction of highly specialised and precision conservation dentistry procedures, including individual crown and routine bridgework and non-routine restorative work.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our large team of technicians. We are a busy lab, so we need someone who can work independently as well as part of a team. You will need to be able to organise your workload, interact with both staff and dental students to discuss patient cases, and also interact with patients in the clinic from time to time. We are happy to provide training to help you work within a hospital setting, as we differ from a commercial lab; we do every job from start to finish. We have great opportunities for extra training, i.e., CAD/CAM, so if you would like to learn all-around skills, then this would be a great opportunity for you.
Our key relationships through our day are with Consultants, STR and DCT level clinicians. We also work with our dental students from their 3rd year on wards of their 5-year course, with around 75 - 80 students per year. Our dental nursing team is a big part of our working day, as they usually collect the work for the clinics.
The work is allocated each day by the Lab Manager/Deputy, and the Band 6 senior technicians distribute the work in the absence of the manager.
The work then needs to be organised on the bench (usually in date order), and once completed, it is then booked out on our Labtrac system, and the Administrator for the lab shelves the work ready for collection.
If needed, CAD/CAM training will be given as the position holder will be responsible for doing their own CAD work, in line with the Band 5 work allocation.
The position holder will need to ensure the Manager is aware of any issues that may delay work going out to a patient, and communications are sent to the relevant clinician/student.
PDRs will be undertaken with the line manager every year to identify required/wanted training and help with progression.
Wellbeing meetings are held with staff to address concerns both inside and outside of work, aiming to help with work-life balance to enhance staff happiness and productivity.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.