Dental Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust is seeking a qualified Dental Nurse to join their team in Darwen. The role includes assisting in the delivery of urgent and routine dental care within a collaborative team environment. Candidates must be qualified dental nurses, and a post qualification in sedation is preferred. This role offers opportunities for further education and flexible working options.

Benefits

Access to post registration qualifications

Plentiful CPD and clinical supervision

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Ability to assist in urgent, specialist, and routine dental care.
• Post qualification in sedation preferred but not required.
• Enhanced criminal records check required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of dental care as part of the dental team.
• Work primarily at the base clinic and cover other clinics when necessary.

Skills

Teamwork

Good standard of education

Education

Qualified dental nurse

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dental Nurse to join our team at our Darwen Clinic within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Dental Service.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of urgent, specialist and routine dental care as part of the dental team.

Qualifications and requirements

• You must be a qualified dental nurse, with a good standard of education and the ability to work well within a team.
• Post qualification in sedation is preferred but not essential.
• Enhanced criminal records check is required for this post.
• You will primarily work at the base clinic but may be required to work at other clinics to cover sickness and annual leave.

Support and development

• You will have the opportunity to study for post registration qualifications and will have access to plentiful CPD and clinical supervision.

Organisation context

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. The Trust encourages flexible working and supports work/life balance, with options such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. Applicants are encouraged to state any flexible working requests on their application and discuss these at interview.