Band 4 Dental Nurse

NHS; Walsall; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking enthusiastic Band 4 Dental Nurses to join the Birmingham Community Dental Nursing Team. This role involves providing high-quality dental care, assisting clinicians, and ensuring efficient clinic operations. Candidates should have a Dental Nurse qualification and relevant experience in dental settings.

Qualifications

• Dental Nurse qualification enabling registration with the General Dental Council.
• Relevant experience in dental team settings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high patient care standards and confidentiality.
• Provide chairside assistance and postoperative instructions.
• Prepare and monitor patients for dental treatment.

Skills

Patient care

Chairside assistance

Clerical duties

Education

Dental Nurse qualification

Registered with the General Dental Council

Job description

Are you looking for a new exciting career within the NHS? Are you patient focussed and want to deliver high quality dental care?

We are seeking enthusiastic, hardworking dental nurses to join the Birmingham Community Dental Nursing Team.

We currently have a vacancy for a Band 4 Dental Nurse:

15.0 hours / 0.4 WTE / Working days to be Monday and Tuesday. Based in the Walsall locality at the Brace Street Health Centre.

To work flexibly within a dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and Community Dental Services (CDS), including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required.

Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Services.

To provide chairside assistance to clinicians within the dental service.

To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.
• Prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre- and post-operative instructions as required.
• Undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs.
• Ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
• Provide chairside assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
• Provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
• Assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.
• Support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
• Support and supervise all apprentice nurses and undergraduate groups.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

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 provide services for children, young people, families, adults, and community services, including two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the West Midlands Rehab Centre, and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. Our commitment is to integrated, personalised care rooted in local communities. We aim to deliver outstanding, integrated care as a key NHS provider in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust striving for the best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

For a detailed description of the role, please see the attached Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education

• A Dental Nurse qualification enabling registration with the General Dental Council, e.g., NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing, or Dental Nursing National Certificate in Dental Nursing / Gained entry onto GDC register via grand-parenting (pre 2008).
• Registered with the General Dental Council.

Experience

• Relevant experience working as part of a dental team, e.g., General Practice, Hospital, or Primary Dental Services / Community Dental Services, with chairside duties.
• Experience working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients, and patients with learning disabilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a Disclosure check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£26,530 to £29,114 per annum / pro rata