Dental Nurse

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dental nurse to support the Service and assist in the full range of dental care provided to patients of the Personal Dental Service. The post is clinic based, primarily covering River Alt dental clinic with responsibilities across Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton, and may work at neighbouring clinics as required.

This role involves providing a wide range of treatments for a broad patient base including children and adults, delivering pre- and

Responsibilities

• The post holder will have responsibility for participating as a key member of the dental team and other agencies to promote and maintain the dental health and wellbeing of our patients.
• Contribute to the development of policies and services to reflect the needs of the local population.
• Report and record incidents as per Trust protocols and procedures.
• Deliver pre- and post-operative instructions for various treatments as required by the clinician.
• Implement accurate paper and electronic record keeping processes as per Trust policies and procedures.
• Work in partnership with other professionals to ensure patients are treated in the appropriate environment.

Job description

To provide dental nurse support when required by the Service and to assist in the full range of dental care provided to patients of the Personal Dental Service. To support the dental team in the provision of dental care at River Alt and other settings across Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton, i.e. dental departments within health centres as required. This post will be primarily covering River Alt dental clinic

This will include a wide range of treatments for a broad patient base which includes children and adults

The post is clinic based. The post holder may be asked to undertake duties in neighbouring clinics when required for holiday or sickness relief or temporary redeployment.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will have responsibility for participating as a key member of the dental team and other agencies to promote and maintain the dental health and wellbeing of our patients.
• Contribute to the development of policies and services to reflect the needs of the local population.
• Report and record incidents as per Trust protocols and procedures.
• Deliver pre- and post-operative instructions for various treatments as required by the clinician.
• Implement accurate paper and electronic record keeping processes as per Trust policies and procedures.
• Work in partnership with other professionals to ensure patients are treated in the appropriate environment.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.