Please contact Victoria Douglas if you have any queries about the role.
Email: victoria.douglas5@nhs.net
Call: 01924 541235
About The Role
The post holder will
- Provide a comprehensive range of simple and complex, fixed, functional and removable appliances in technical support to the Orthodontic clinicians.
- Provide technical support for Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and other specialties when required.
- Provide appliances for sleep apnoea clinic.
Main duties
- Maintain a high standard of technical expertise across a broad range of Orthodontic appliances using specialist knowledge of current techniques and innovations as appropriate.
- When required carry out production work for other clinical specialties appropriate to the grade.
- Undertake PAR scoring of Orthodontic models to enable clinician’s outcomes to be assessed.
- Assist with supervision and training of junior members of staff.
- Manage own workload and prioritise work accordingly. Supervise workload of junior staff.
- Participate in Orthognathic planning and maintain the database.
- Ability to respond rapidly to clinical need and carry out unscheduled work promptly.
Essential Person Specification Requirements
- BSc(hons) in Dental Technology, HNC in Dental Technology or equivalent
- Post qualification experience of working in an orthodontic laboratory
- Able to manipulate precision tools, wire components and materials with a high degree of accuracy
- Highly motivated and flexible approach to work
- Evidence of ongoing development
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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