Dental Nurse – Full Time (Qualified & GDC Registered)

Bupa Dental Care Royton
Join Practice Manager Megan Walker and our friendly Royton team

We’re looking for a caring, reliable and professional Qualified Dental Nurse to join us at Bupa Dental Care Royton. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a supportive practice with a genuine family feel—while enjoying the stability, industry‑leading benefits and career opportunities that come with being part of Bupa.

📅 Contract & Working Hours

Full Time – 37 hours per week

• Tuesday: 08:00 – 18:30
• Wednesday: 08:00 – 18:30
• Thursday: 08:00 – 18:30
• Friday: 08:00 – 17:00

✨ What We Offer

At Bupa Dental Care, we make life easier for you so you can focus on what you do best—caring for patients.

Your essential checks covered at no cost to you:

• GDC registration
• DBS check
• Professional indemnity insurance

Why join us?

• A genuine family feel within a warm and supportive team
• Security and progression opportunities as part of the wider Bupa Group
• Industry‑leading benefits, including:
  • Competitive pay and annual leave
  • Health and wellbeing support
  • Discounts across Bupa services
  • Career development and training programmes
  • Access to professional development days and CPD resources

📍 Practice Location

Bupa Dental Care Royton
118 Rochdale Rd, Royton, Oldham OL2 6QF

How to Get There

• By Car: Easily accessible via the A627, with parking available nearby in Royton town centre.
• By Bus: Multiple routes serve Royton, including frequent services from Oldham, Shaw and Rochdale.
• By Tram/Train: The nearest tram stop is Oldham Mumps, with regular bus connections to Royton.

Our central location means the practice is convenient for both commuters and local residents.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re a dedicated Dental Nurse looking for a welcoming team and a practice that invests in you, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Dental Nurse at Bupa, you’ll benefit from exceptional development and opportunities and an experienced practice team around you - all in an environment built to help you succeed and feel comfortable coming to work.

Qualified Dental Nurse skills and experience required for this role:

• GDC Registered
• Preferred Dentally experience
• Ensure CQC requirements are met
• Update patient records - digitally held
• Set up decontamination of instruments
• Provide clinical chair-side support to dentists
• Undertake some reception duties
• Willingness to provide exceptional patient care

Your development at Bupa Dental Care

We have introduced a career framework for dental nurses which links pay to skills, qualifications and progression.

Dental nurses are central to the success of our practices, and we want you to feel valued and well-rewarded for your vital work.  Our pay structure offers you clear career direction and professional development opportunities - should you wish to take them. If not, that's ok too, we know how challenging and rewarding a career in dental nursing is, we recognise this and we take action to make life easier for you.

Your salary and benefits:

We make life better for millions. That includes yours. Here are just some of the benefits on offer when you join Bupa Dental Care: 

• Competitive pay rates which increase as you gain more experience.
• Access to MyHealthcare which gives you quick, easy access to free support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number. You will also receive the MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your financial wellbeing.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK. This benefit includes access to online digital fitness providers too.
• Our mental health approach brings together a wide range of support such as our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Family Mental HealthLine and access to Personal Energy - Bupa’s own wellbeing programme.
• Discounted dental insurance which can be extended to immediate family members.
• Additional health and wellbeing benefits include Cycle to Work Scheme, free annual Flu vaccine, discounted eye tests and Bupa’s Menopause Plan.
• Wagestream – Access your income before payday, if and when you need it.
• You're supported from day one to learn, develop and encouraged to progress. We’ve established dental nurse career pathways leading to senior roles, free specialist training and offer free CPD.
• We cover your GDC registration, your DBS and professional indemnity - we'll save you hundreds of pounds so you can concentrate on delivering great patient care and building your dental career with us.
• And many more, just ask.

So why wait? Apply now to be part of a brilliant team.

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

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.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer