We’re Hiring a Full-Time Senior Dental Nurse

Location Truro, (Monday-Friday)
Salary: £32,240
Closing Date: 15^th July 2026

Interview Date: Thursday 23^rd July 2026

 

Are you passionate about helping others and making a real difference? Do you want to be part of a team where your work truly impacts your community, the environment, and the future of healthcare? Then Smile Together is the place for you!

What are we looking for?

Are you an experienced dental nurse who thrives on variety, flexibility, and making a real impact? This is an exciting opportunity to take your skills by supporting our team to deliver excellent patient care where and when it’s needed most.

As a Senior Dental Nurse, you’ll provide clinical and operational support. From short-notice cover to planned support, you’ll play a key role in maintaining continuity of care and upholding the highest standards in infection control, safeguarding, compliance, and patient experience.

You’ll work closely with Practice Managers to support day-to-day operations, and act as a role model and mentor to dental nurses and trainees, helping them settle into practice life and grow in confidence. Whether it’s preparing a surgery, supporting a colleague, or helping implement service improvements, your reliability, professionalism, and clinical experience will make you an invaluable part of our team.

What makes us unique?

We’re more than just a dental practice, we’re proud to be

• The UK’s first dental practice to be B Corp certified
• A Community Interest Company (CIC) – Every day, we work to improve the health and wellbeing of our community, with special attention to vulnerable and underserved communities.
• Employee-owned – Be more than an employee, become a shareholder, shaping the future of Smile Together.
• Living Wage Employer: We’re proud to be part of over 16,000 UK employers leading the way on decent pay for our employees.

Your package:

Paid indemnity and GDC registration

We’ve got you covered so you can focus on your career.

Time off

27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays each year (pro rata) and an additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday – because you deserve to be celebrated!

Smile+ Employee Benefits Platform

Enjoy access to our Smile+ employee benefits platform, bringing together exclusive employee discounts, health and wellbeing resources, financial wellbeing support, recognition tools and a range of benefits designed to support you both at work and beyond.

Health Cash Plan

Access a comprehensive Health Cash Plan through Westfield Health, helping you claim back the cost of everyday healthcare while providing access to a wide range of health and wellbeing services, from optical and dental care to GP support, diagnostic tests and wellbeing resources.

Financial Wellbeing

Through our Smile+ benefits platform, you’ll have access to expert financial guidance from Wesleyan, giving you the support and confidence to make informed financial decisions throughout your career.

Professional Development:

We’ll help you develop your skills with access to our Smile Together Training Academy, including a paid subscription to Agilio for continuous professional development.

Community Involvement:

Get involved in impactful community projects and outreach initiatives across the region. Opportunity for half a day’s paid volunteer time*

Health and Wellbeing:

Comprehensive Wellbeing Support through our Health Assured Programme, you’ll have access to tools for mental and physical health, including 24-hour helplines, structured therapy, and more.

Sound Exciting?

Here’s How to Apply: Please send a copy of your CV and a Cover Letter to joinus.smiletogether@nhs.net, or apply online here.

*Conditions apply.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have the right to work in the UK and that you are able to commute to the place of work.

GDC registration without conditions