Band 5 Prosthetic Dental Technician

Job overview
The Production Laboratory is a support service that provides custom made dental appliances across a number of clinical services which include: Restorative, Paediatrics, Oncology/cleft Oral surgery.
We are a  busy service and can produce between 2,500 and 3 ,500 units of work across the Prosthetic, Orthodontic and Crown and bridges sections of the laboratory.
We support dental core trainees (DCT's) as well as registrars and Consultants.
We support Undergraduate dental students from year 3 to year 5.
The post holder will be
responsible
for
the
design,
planning, and construction of precision custom made, complete and partial removable appliances, over dentures,  immediate restoration appliances, training plates, and myofunctional splints.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be able to produce a range of  full and partial prosthetic dental appliances from start to finish.
To have a good all round knowledge of appliance design and construction,  to be able to support the undergraduate dental students as well as the wider clinical team.
Will be responsible for organising their work load , will need to have good organisational skills, will need to be able to work autonomously as well as within the dental team. Have the ability to work under pressure and  within tight time frames.
Demonstrate good communication skills.
To be able to use IT systems such as Labtrac
Working for our organisation
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.