Crown and Bridge Technician Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Interpret authorised laboratory prescriptions accurately.
• Design and manufacture crowns or bridges.
• Maintain material and case traceability.
• Operate CAD CAM and finishing equipment safely.
• Inspect fit, finish and specification before release.
• Query unclear instructions before manufacture.

A realistic working scenario

The scan margin is incomplete and proceeding would require guessing. The technician flags the exact area and requests a new scan or prescriber instruction before manufacture.

Outputs to agree

• accurate fixed restorations
• traceable materials and processes
• documented quality and remakes

Records and evidence

• Prescription and scan.
• Material lot.
• Design and manufacture.
• Inspection and dispatch.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Principal Dentist or Practice Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The technician may manufacture to prescription; changing clinical margins, material or occlusal intent requires prescriber approval.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Workplace context

• Practice reception, clinical administration areas and approved patient-facing areas.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• registration
• digital design IP
• dust and machinery
• quality and remake terms

Information the employer should prepare

• the restorative products and materials
• the laboratory and digital workflow
• the registration and competence requirements
• the design and release authority
• the productivity and remake arrangements
• the equipment and quality-control systems