Qualified Dental Nurse – Ripon Clock Tower Practice (Bupa Dental Care)

🕘 Full-time | 8:45 AM – 5:15 PM
📍 Ripon, North Yorkshire

Looking to join a fun, friendly team where your skills are valued and your development is supported? Come and be part of something special at Bupa Dental Care – Ripon Clock Tower!

⭐ What’s in it for you?

• ✅ GDC registration, DBS check & professional indemnity – all covered by us

• ✅ The stability of Bupa, with the feel of a close-knit, supportive team

• ✅ Access to industry-leading benefits (read on below!)

• ✅ Opportunities for continued learning and development

• ✅ A chance to really make an impact in a long-standing local practice

🏥 About Us

Previously known as Clock Tower Dental Care, we’ve been looking after the smiles of Ripon and Harrogate for over 40 years. Our focus? Quality care, a warm welcome, and always staying ahead in modern dentistry.

We offer a mix of private dental treatments and NHS care for children of private patients. From general and preventative to cosmetic dentistry, we do it all – and we love what we do!

Our team regularly travels across the UK and beyond for training, bringing back the best techniques and knowledge to benefit our patients.

🎉 What our team loves most:

"It feels like a family here – we support each other every day and laugh along the way. It’s great being part of a practice with such a good reputation and loyal patient base!"
— Team Member, Ripon Clock Tower

If you're a Qualified Dental Nurse with a passion for patient care and a love for teamwork, 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 is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.