Postgraduate and Undergraduate Support Dental Technician

Queen Mary University of London - Institute of Dentistry

Location: London

Salary: £40,015 to £46,618 per annum.

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Placed On: 21st January 2026

Closes: 31st January 2026

Job Ref: 8400_a

About the Role

We are recruiting a Postgraduate and Undergraduate Support Dental Technician to join a dynamic team to support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Centre for Teaching and Innovation, Institute of dentistry, QM.

Candidates are expected to teach technical/clinical aspects of dentistry and support the Lead Dental Technical Skills Manager to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the teaching laboratory and the teaching/clinical skills units located on the third floor of the Dental Institute.

About You

Candidates will require BTEC, HNC, Degree in Dental Technology or equivalent and must be GDC registered. Experience is essential in specialist areas of Dental technology including CAD-CAM technology and both fixed or removable prosthodontics. Good communication and organizational and IT skills are required.

The Institute of Dentistry, Dental Technology/Clinical Skills Laboratory are a modern teaching environment with 54 laboratory benches, state of the art laboratory equipment and 72 ‘state of the art’ dental simulators, (mannequins which give students the opportunity to practice their dentistry techniques in conditions which most closely simulate real life). This Laboratory provides an invaluable resource for education, where both dental undergraduates/postgraduates and dental therapy students learn and practice practical dental skills before working on patients.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.