Dental Decontamination Assistant
Location: Bupa Dental Care, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:30 (Full-time, 4 days/week)

Bupa Dental Care is looking for a Dental Decontamination Assistant to join our professional and friendly team in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This is a key support role within our practice, ensuring all instruments and equipment are cleaned, sterilised, and maintained to the highest standard.

What you’ll do:

• Clean, disinfect and sterilise dental instruments and equipment

• Ensure compliance with all cross-infection control procedures

• Maintain a clean and organised decontamination room

• Follow strict safety and hygiene protocols

• Support clinical staff with equipment preparation and availability

What we’re looking for:

• A strong attention to detail and ability to follow processes accurately

• A team player with good communication skills

• Previous experience in a dental or healthcare setting is helpful but not essential – full training will be provided

• Commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and infection control

Why join Bupa Dental Care?

• Supportive and friendly team environment

• Ongoing training and career development opportunities

• Be part of a trusted healthcare brand

• Uniform and PPE provided

If you’re organised, reliable, and want to play a vital role in patient safety, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and take your first step into a rewarding career with Bupa Dental Care.

Bupa Dental Care are a leading provider of NHS & Private dental care across the UK & Ireland, proudly caring for over 3 million patients in over 400 practices, providing everything from regular check-ups to specialist & cosmetic treatments.

Your opportunity

• Providing fully sterilised equipment that is compliant to practice policies, procedures and the HTM01-05 guidelines (which we’ll give you full training on)
• Providing excellent patient care
• Setting up decontamination of instruments
• Ensuring Care Quality Commission requirements are met (we’ll train you in these too).

What we’re looking for in you

• Hard working and a strong team player
• Comfortable managing your own workload
• Strong communication skills
• Previous experience is desirable but not essential

Salary and benefits

• A competitive starting salary and the opportunity to increase this through fully funded training and development
• Receive supported training from our team in order to achieve the required knowledge and skills to be able to perform this role in our busy sterilisation room
• Progression and development
• Contributory pension scheme
• Modern surgeries and dental software system
• Welcoming, sociable and committed team
• Practice Manager Academy – our training programme for those looking to progress into practice management
• Competitive staff benefits including discounts in over 7000 retailers, discounted gym membership and even a day off for your wedding!
• Earn up to £3,000 per referral in our employee referral scheme
• Your uniform will be provided.

We're proud to have been named in the LinkedIn Top Companies Where the UK Wants to Work 2019,  the Forbes World's best employers, and in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list.

If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business as a Dental Decontamination Technician, with lots of support on offer, great benefits and friendly teams, we would love to hear from you!

To find out more about working with us, find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.

Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.  

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.