Laboratory Assistant

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our dental laboratory, to assist with effective administration and contribute to simple and defined technical steps such as; creating plaster casts, scanning impressions, and entering laboratory work on a database.

The University of Bristol is opening a brand new Dental School in Summer 2023, delivering dental care to the local community and delivering education and training to dental students, nurses, hygienists and therapists.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week), working flexibly within the opening hours of the laboratory, 8am - 5pm, ensuring that the service is maintained.

What will you be doing?

Working in the newly-built dental laboratory complex within the Bristol Dental School, you will be responsible for the dental cases that are generated from the large dental training clinics.

This will involve;

• Booking in cases and preparing them for construction.
• Sending and receiving cases and monitoring the storage in the dental laboratory reception.
• Answering queries from external stakeholders, as well as from the dental students and other laboratory users.
• Additionally, you will be working in the dental laboratory, producing dental models from impressions taken on the dental clinic, scanning models and impressions with the latest CADCAM equipment, and providing support to the technical teaching and service team.

You should apply if

• You have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to deal with and prioritise a range of ongoing tasks at the same time, and to be able to cope under pressure.
• You enjoy meeting people and can work as part of a team working towards defined objectives, in a culture where everyone is working towards a positive and successful outcome.
• You have a commitment to customer care and to providing a quality service.
• You have a commitment to maintaining skills, and learning new techniques and procedures.

Additional information

Contract type: Open Ended

Work pattern: Full time/ 1 fte

Grade: D

Salary: £21,761 - £23,662 per annum

School/Unit: Bristol Dental School

Shift pattern: 35hours per week

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on 25/04/2023

For any informal enquirires please contact John Sealey: 0117 455 3932 omjcs@bristol.ac.uk

Available documents

• School Information - BDS - October 2022.pdf
• SUPP109640 - Lab Assistant - JD.pdf