Senior Dental Technician inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED
MON 21 OCT 2024
Opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a reputable NHS trust, enhancing collaboration and professional relationships.
Access to advanced techniques in orthodontics and restorative dentistry, allowing for professional growth and skill enhancement.
Responsibility for producing complex and high-quality dental restorations, contributing significantly to patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Exposure to a wide variety of dental techniques and materials, including CAD/CAM technology, which fosters innovation and creativity in the field.
Involvement in teaching and preparing materials for lectures, offering the chance to contribute to the education and development of future dental professionals.
Commitment to ongoing self-development through keeping updated with new technologies and practices in dentistry.
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Dental Technician to join their Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry Department. This Band 6 position is ideal for a motivated technician looking to enhance their skills using advanced techniques in dental restorations, particularly in fixed prosthodontics. Key responsibilities include producing complex restorations, including implant-supported crowns and bridges, gold crowns, and dentures, while providing technical support to clinical staff. The role involves using various materials, CAD/CAM technology, and performing tasks such as shade taking and diagnostic functional waxing. The technician will ensure a clean work environment, adhere to safety regulations, and maintain their professional development by staying updated on new technologies. Additionally, the technician will manage laboratory equipment and report any maintenance needs.
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic Dental Technician to join a multi- disciplined team in the Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry Department.
This is an attractive role to apply your skills and furthering your experience with advanced techniques
To undertake the duties of a specialist grade (Band 6) dental technician to clinical prescription producing dental technical restorations related to fixed prosthodontics. The vast majority of the work of this post holder will be the construction of complex and highly complex fixed prosthodontic restorations with some implant supported restorations.
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- To provide technical support to the Consultants and Clinical Staff within the department as part of the dental team.
- To perform a broad range of techniques associated with restorative dentistry including single and multiple unit implant supported crown and bridge restorations for clinical staff. This will include the production of high quality restorations, Gold crowns/inlays, Post and cores, Metal ceramic crowns, All ceramic crowns, Bridges (conventional, fixed-movable and minimal preparation), Veneers.
- To construct complex and non-routine crown & bridge appliances and prostheses to resolve patient problems, with shade taking in surgery on a daily basis. You will also be required to construct a range of prosthetic dentures, splints and radiographic stents.
- To be proficient in the production of the above mentioned items the post holder will need to be familiar with the use of porcelain and composite materials as well as cast dental alloys.
- To be familiar in the use of milling and production of customised abutments for implant cases. To be familiar with CAD/CAM technology.
- To provide diagnostic functional waxing in the planning, temporisation and fabrication of restorations. Functional occlusion and the use of Denar articulators using face bows and occlusal records. To produce high quality study and working models, and to be involved in the preparation of teaching materials for lectures and demonstration purposes.
- Ensure the cleanliness and tidiness of own work areas plus have responsibility for specific items of laboratory equipment and report defects inneed of remedy to the Lead Technician.
- Ensure safe working practice and implementation of COSHH and other regulations, in accordance with the relevant code of practice of the Department. Be mindful of his/her own actions as they affect the safety of others.
- To maintain self development by keeping abreast of new technologies within the field, and under take general care and minor routine maintenance of equipment and identify maintenance requirements of the laboratory equipment.
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