Band 4 Dental Nurse- School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 4 Dental Nurse to join their team at Birmingham Dental Hospital. The role involves providing support to clinicians and maintaining high standards of patient care. Ideal candidates will have relevant dental experience and a commitment to quality service. Competitive annual salary of £27,485 to £30,162, with part-time working hours on a permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working as part of a dental team.
• Experience with children, elderly, and medically compromised patients.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standard patient care and confidentiality.
• Assist in surgeries, including chair side support.
• Manage clerical and administrative duties.

Skills

Professional interaction

Confidentiality understanding

Up to date dental nursing knowledge

Organizational skills

Cross infection knowledge

Computer skills

Dental procedure knowledge

Education

Professional Registration with General Dental Council

Other Dental Nursing post qualifications

Job description

Band 4 Dental Nurse- School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy

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 Birmingham Dental Hospital.

We currently have multiple vacancies for Band 4 Dental Nurses:

0.37 WTE, Part time 2 days per week, 42 week contract working with the School of Hygiene and Therapy

Working flexibly within the dental team to provide high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and/or additional external sites such as Community Dental Services (CDS) if required.

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

• To provide chair side 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.

To prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre and post operative instructions as required.

To undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs as required.

To ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.

To provide chair side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic sessions as required.

To provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician

To assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.

To support and assist Clinicians including all staff and Undergraduate disciplines.

To support and supervise all Apprentice Dental Nurses and Undergraduates.

About us

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 deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

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

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education

• Professional Registration with General Dental Council
• Other Dental Nursing post qualifications

Experience

• 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 of working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients, and patients with learning disabilities

Skills and Knowledge

• To interact professionally with individuals
• Understand the principles of confidentiality
• Up to date knowledge in all areas of dental nursing
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Organisational skills
• Good working knowledge of 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.

Birmingham Dental Hospital, 5 Mill Pool Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearPer annum / Pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

820-7489848-DEN

Job locations

Birmingham Dental Hospital, 5 Mill Pool Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham