🌟 Lead Dental Nurse – Bupa Dental Care, Withington 🌟

Practice Manager: Nicola Raby

Are you a skilled, ambitious, and driven Dental Nurse ready to take the next step in your career?
At Bupa Dental Care Withington, we’re looking for a Lead Dental Nurse to join our friendly and dynamic team at our busy 6-surgery, mixed NHS and Private Practice.

Located on the outskirts of Manchester, our practice is perfect for those who enjoy being close to the city but prefer the balance of a local community setting — with excellent transport links right on your doorstep.

💫 What You’ll Love About This Role

Be part of a globally recognised healthcare brand where your work truly makes a difference.

Join a fast-paced, patient-centric practice that values teamwork, professional growth, and high-quality care.

Take the lead in supporting clinicians and mentoring others while developing your own skills.

🕓 Your Working Hours

32 hours per week

• Monday: 8:30am – 5:30pm
• Tuesday: 8:30am – 5:30pm
• Thursday: 8:30am – 5:30pm
• Friday: 8:00am – 4:30pm

💙 What We Offer

At Bupa Dental Care, we believe in taking care of our people as well as our patients. For this role, your:

• GDC registration
• DBS check
• Professional indemnity

…are all covered by Bupa Dental Care.

Plus, you’ll enjoy the support of a national network with the warmth of a local team.

🚀 Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re looking for a new challenge, thrive in a busy environment, and want to be part of a practice that genuinely cares — we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply now and grow your career with Bupa Dental Care, Withington.

Here at Bupa Dental Care our people are at the heart of everything we do, because we care.  We have created environments where people can look forward to coming to work, feel empowered and benefit from working collaboratively with brilliant & talented experts.

As a Lead Dental Nurse  you’ll be benefiting from an experienced practice team and exceptional development and opportunities to take you as far as you want to go; and that’s just to mention a few.

Lead Dental Nurse skills and experience:

• Confident leading a team
• GDC Registered
• Preferred Dentally experience
• Ensure CQC requirements are met and manage audits
• Oversee reception and staff rotas
• Update patient records
• Set up decontamination of instruments
• Provide clinical chair-side support to dentists
• Undertake some reception duties
• Personable, positive and enthusiastic with a great customer focus
• Strong communication skills
• Provide excellent patient care

Salary and benefits:

We make life better for millions. That includes yours. Our dental nurse benefits packages are one of the best in the industry because you make a difference to our patients - so we want to make sure you’re well rewarded for it. These are just some of the benefits on offer when you join: 

• A competitive starting salary and the opportunity to increase this through training and development
• We cover your GDC registration, your DBS and professional indemnity - we'll save you hundreds of pounds and you can concentrate on great patient care and building your dental career with us
• To help with this we have established dental nurse career pathways leading to senior roles, free specialist training and free CPD. Being part of Bupa means access to many different career opportunities across other parts of the business too.
• Access to our Health Cash Plan where you can claim back everyday health expenses like the opticians, therapies or consultations.
• Access to discounted gym memberships with a flexible, monthly subscription service giving you access to national multi-site gyms, online live classes, fitness & wellbeing apps and 1-2-1 training sessions
• Free access to a digital GP. You have access to an unlimited number of appointments 24/7, normally available within two hours
• 24/7 free access to Healthy Minds for you and your immediate family. Talk to a counselor about any challenges you face at home or at work - whether you are having a bad day or want help with personal goals.
• 24/7 free access to Anytime Healthline. Our confidential 24/7 service offers unlimited telephone consultations with our teams of GPs and nurses, every day of the year. It's open to your immediate family and can also be used for advice on staying healthy
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free annual flu vaccination
• Discounted travel vaccinations
• Access to mental health support network and personal energy training sessions
• Discounted dental insurance which can be extended to immediate family members
• Discounts on clothing, food, petrol and holidays
• A additional day of annual leave for your wedding day

So why wait? Apply now to be part of a brilliant team, helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.  

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.