Band 6 Senior Dental Technician (Prosthetics)

The post holder supports the Dental Production Laboratory in the day to day clinical delivery prosthetic dental laboratory work to support patient treatment. This will include distribution and allocation of work in the absence of any of the laboratory management team.

The post holder will be responsible for providing technical laboratory support for clinical staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students for treatment of patients.

Responsible for undertaking the production of an extensive range of bespoke, complex, precision, implant retained, obturator appliances and conventional prosthetic appliances.

Direct management responsibility: Supervision of junior technicians and other laboratory staff.

Budgetary responsibilities: None

• The post holder is responsible for achieving a consistently high standard in the production of precision and highly complex fixed and removable prosthodontics Osseo-integrated implant supported structures, using semi and fully adjustable articulators.
• Plan, design and construct diagnostic wax-ups for treatment planning and support the clinician in evaluating patients expectations and provide them with detailed information by communication with staff.
• Evaluate the quality, ensuring the dental prescription and items supplied from the clinic area are of sufficient quality to proceed with the construction of the appliance.
• Provide emergency service and repairs of appliances, for the patient.
• The post holder is responsible for the planning, design and construction of simple, hybrid, complex and evolutionary prosthetic appliances, in conjunction with Consultants and Senior Clinical Staff.
• Advise/assist Consultants, Senior and Junior Clinical Staff and Undergraduate students on technical/clinical problems relating to patient treatment plans which will often require consultations on clinic where patient’s wishes and expectations are expressed.
• The post holder is responsible for agreeing work schedules as appropriate with the Consultants, Senior and Junior Clinical Staff and Undergraduate Students concerned.
  
  

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Padgett Job title: Clinical Service Manager Production Laboratory Email address: j.padgett@nhs.net Telephone number: 0121 466 5281