Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse (Sedation IV/RA)

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Park Central; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality dental care, support the clinic operations, and assist in patient treatment. Applicants should have qualifications in conscious sedation and relevant dental experience. This position requires flexible working hours from Monday to Saturday, with a commitment to delivering exceptional patient care across diverse environments.

Qualifications

• Must have post qualification in conscious sedation covering IV and Inhalation Sedation.
• Relevant experience in a dental team such as General Practice or Hospital context is essential.
• Experience working with various patient demographics including children and those with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain patient care and confidentiality across dental clinics.
• Prepare and monitor patients for dental treatment.
• Assist in dental surgeries and ensure equipment is available.

Skills

Conscious Sedation

Chair side assistance

Patient care

Education

Professional Registration with General Dental Council

Conscious Sedation Dental Nursing IV Qualification

Recognised Teaching Qualification at Level 3

Job description

Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse (Sedation IV/RA)

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 an enthusiastic, dynamic and hard working Band 5 Specialist Sedation Dental Nurse to join the Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Unscheduled Dental Care nursing team at Birmingham Dental Hospital.

The post holder will need to hold a post qualification in conscious sedation covering both IV and Inhalation Sedation

The post holder is expected to work on Monday to Saturday between the hours of 08:00 to 20:00 to support the service need.

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 Hospital and within our outreach sites.

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 and exodontia 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 student disciplines.

To support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.

To support the patients through the conscious sedation pathway by providing chairside assistance, give pre-op and post-op instructions, prepare patients for discharge.

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 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 5 Specialist Dental Nurse job description and person specification

Person Specification

Education

• Professional Registration with General Dental Council
• Conscious Sedation Dental Nursing IV+IHS Qualification
• Other Dental Nursing post qualifications
• Recognised Teaching Qualification at Level 3 or equivalent

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
• Oral Surgery Experience

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum (pro rata)