Band 4 Dental Nurse - Dental Outreach Centre

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Band 4 Dental Nurse to join their Community Dental Nursing Team in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will have a Dental Nursing Qualification and be registered with the General Dental Council. Responsibilities include providing chair side assistance, maintaining patient care standards, and supporting dental clinicians. Experience working with diverse patient groups is desirable. Flexible working arrangements with a focus on delivering high quality care are offered in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working as part of a dental team.
• Experience with children, elderly, and medically compromised patients.
• Up to date knowledge in all areas of dental nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair side assistance to clinicians.
• Carry out clerical and administrative duties.
• Maintain a high standard of patient care.
• Prepare and monitor patients for dental treatment.
• Ensure medical emergency drugs are available.
• Provide oral health education to patients.
• Assist in the smooth running of the Dental service.

Skills

Professional interaction

Confidentiality understanding

Manual dexterity

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Education

Dental Nursing Qualification

Professional Registration with General Dental Council

Job description

Overview

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, hard working dental nurses to join the Community Dental Nursing Team.

Band 4 Dental Nurse

15.0 hours / 0.4 WTE - Substantive. Working days to be Friday and 1 additional day to be confirmed. Based at the Dental Outreach Centre, Birmingham City Centre. Working flexibly within the dental team to provide high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Dental Outreach Centre, Birmingham City Centre, but also to support additional external sites as required including Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and Community Dental Service (CDS).

Responsibilities

• Provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
• Carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.
• 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 as required.
• Ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
• Provide chair side 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, undergraduate groups.

Qualifications

• Education Essential: Dental Nursing Qualification; Professional Registration with General Dental Council.
• Desirable: Post Qualification in Dental Radiography; Other Dental Nursing post qualifications.
• Experience Essential: Relevant experience working as part of a dental team, e.g. General Practice, Hospital, other Primary Dental Services / Community Dental Services experiencing chair side duties.
• Experience Desirable: Experience of working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients, and patients with learning disabilities.
• Skills and Knowledge Essential: Interact professionally with individuals; Understand confidentiality principles; Up to date knowledge in all areas of dental nursing; Manual dexterity; Work under pressure and on own initiative; Organisational skills; Good general numeracy; Cross infection procedures; Computer skills; Knowledge of dental procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.