Dental Nurse

VerseOne Group; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Dental Nurse to join the Oral, Maxillofacial and Orthodontic outpatient department in Chelmsford. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering high standards of care, assisting clinicians in all aspects of patient care while maintaining a safe environment.

You will prepare clinics, identify patient needs, reassure nervous patients, act as scrub/circulating nurse, assist with procedures from orthodontics to oral surgery, and

Qualifications

• Experience assisting clinicians in oral surgery and orthodontics.
• Ability to explain procedures to nervous patients.
• Maintain a clean, sterile environment per infection policy.

Responsibilities

• Assist clinicians with procedures from orthodontics to oral surgery.
• Prepare and organise assigned clinics.
• Identify each patient's medical and dental needs before, during and after treatment.
• Reassure patients and monitor during treatment.
• Act as scrub/circulating nurse and handle instruments.
• Prepare surgical trolleys using aseptic technique.
• Maintain study models library and labelling.

Skills

Dental assisting

Sterilisation

Infection control

Aseptic technique

Patient care

Tools

Autoclave operation

Dental materials

Dental instruments

Surgical instruments

Job description

The Dental nurse role in the Oral, Maxillofacial and Orthodontic outpatient department, involves working as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver a high standard of care to our patients, many who have complex medical and physical needs. The candidate is expected to work within all aspects of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics ensuring effective running of clinics, and assisting the clinicians in all aspects of patient care while maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.

• Assist the clinicians with a wide range of procedures from orthodontics to Oral surgery I;e removing wisdom teeth,Soft tissue biopsies, reviewing facial trauma and bonding brackets to teeth.
• Has individual responsibility for the preparation and organisation of assigned clinic,
• Identifying each patient's medical and dental needs before, during and post treatment.
• Reassure and explain procedures to nervous, dental and needle phobic patients. Monitor the patient during treatment until they are fit to leave.
• Acts as a scrub/circulating nurse, mixing dental materials, holding instruments in position for the clinician.
• Using experience and knowledge to prepare surgical trollies using an aseptic technique
• Manual dexterity needed for the assembly of micro drills, burs and orthodontic equipment.
• Maintains a clean, hygienic, safe environment, adhering to the trusts infection prevention policy.
• Responsible for labelling, sterilising and despatching of study model and impressions to the laboratory,
• Keeping an efficient library of study models.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trust in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon, and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing, and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve. With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities. Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

• Senior Dental Nurse
• Dental Nurses
• Dental Core Trainees
• Speciality Doctors
• Consultant Orthodontists
• Laboratory Staff
• Consultant Oral Maxillofacial surgeons
• Receptionist and secretaries