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Dental Technician

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Carlisle, CA2 7HYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

14 October 2026

15 days left

Job description

Provision of specialist technical services within the Orthodontic and Oral Surgery departments, working collaboratively with clinical and laboratory c...

Construction of range of primary removable appliances and development in the production of complex appliances required for all the specialised clinics listed above.

Construction of study models and working models, mouth guards, bite raising appliances, repairs, relines and additions.

The role will also include the use of digital technologies, including intraoral and laboratory scanning, digital model manipulation and archiving, CAD/CAM workflows and 3D printing of orthodontic and other appropriate dental appliances and models.

Ensure that all equipment, whether issued personally or for communal use, is used in the correct and safe manner and faults are reported immediately to supervisor/line manager.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Qualifications

Essential: - BSc in Dental Technology or equivalent.; - GDC Registration

Desirable: - Msc Dental Technology (Orthodontics).

Experience

Essential

  • Working with supervision to tight work schedules and timeframes
  • Producing work of a consistently high quality.
  • Constructing primary removable orthodontic appliances, study models / working models for appliance construction, examination, teaching aids, diagnostic treatment planning, and scan models for archiving and manipulation.

Desirable

  • Scanning models for archiving and manipulation.
  • Experience in Orthodontics.
  • Working in a hospital environment.
  • Producing work of a consistently high quality.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of dental / orthodontic procedures.
  • Oral and facial anatomy.
  • Tooth eruption, morphology and clinical charting.
  • Understanding occlusion difficulties that can arise with temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of other dental laboratory specialities to enable appliances to be constructed in combination with other technical applications.
  • Use of 3 Shape 3D scanners and printers.

Skills & aptitudes

Essential

  • Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods to construct appliances.
  • Daily Intensive and prolonged periods of concentration are required in conjunction with a high level of manual dexterity and a high level of hand-eye co-ordination.

Personal Circumstances

Essential

  • Attention to detail.
  • Willingness to learn and develop new skills / appliance types and designs and to follow suitable pathways of continuous professional development.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

29 September 2026

Last checked

29 September 2026

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About the employer

NCI
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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