Senior Specialist Dental Technician

To provide technical support to a major specialised service, performing a range of work which is often highly complex, specialised work as required.

To provide occasional mentoring & informal teaching support to student Dental Technicians and also advice and support to clinical staff and students at the LDI, commensurate to the expertise and experience of the post holder

Support the work of the relevant technical department in the effective and timely production of custom-made medical devices and other technical work with a combination of conventional and digital workflows including:

(Conservation Posts) A broad range of temporary and permanent dental crowns, bridges, inlays and onlays, which will include some implant retained units. The restorations may be manufactured using metals, ceramics, composites, zirconia and acrylic polymers and using both conventional, and in-house design for digital production methods with digital design software such as 3 shape, In-Lab and Real-guide in regular use). More routine products will include study models, Denar articulations, diagnostic wax-ups, memosil indexes, radiographic stents, splint dentures and bite-raising, bite rims and trays.

Please see Job Description for further information.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.

Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.

We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.

Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

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