Dental Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Rishton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Ashton Health Centre, Department of Special Care Dentistry, Preston within Lancashire and South Cumbria Dental Service, is recruiting a Qualified Dental Nurse. The role supports delivery of special care dental services, working 22.5 hours over 3 days.

You will be based at Ashton Health Centre with occasional cover at other clinics and opportunities for post-registration qualifications and CPD. You will join a motivated team, providing chairside assistance, information to patients and carers, and

Qualifications

• Qualified Dental Nurse registered with the GDC and eligible to practise.
• Experience assisting chairside in dental surgery; minimum 2 years post qualification.
• Good communication and ability to work effectively in a team.
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Clinician during dental treatments and anticipate needs.
• Provide oral health information to patients and carers.
• Chaperone patients and supervise those undergoing general anaesthesia as required.
• Prioritise dental emergencies and participate in triage activities.
• Support delivery of special care dental services across clinics.

Skills

Qualified Dental Nurse

GDC registered

Teamwork

Deadline-oriented

Chairside experience 2+ years

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Qualified, and registered Dental Nurse to join our team at Ashton Health Centre, Department of special care dentistry, Preston within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Dental Service. We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated individual, with excellent communication skills to assist in the delivery of Special care dental services.

The post requires the individual to work 22.5 hours per week, over 3 days. You must be a qualified dental nurse, and you will have a good standard of education and the ability to work well within a team. Post qualifications are desirable but not essential.

You will mainly work at your base clinic; however, you may also be required to work at our other clinics, covering sickness and annual leave. You will have opportunity to study for post registration qualifications including sedation and will have access to plentiful CPD and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

• Communication daily with Lancashire & South Cumbria foundation trust Dental Service staff, service users, service users parents and carers and Health Professionals.
• To provide oral health information and advice to service users, parents and carers
• Assisting the Clinician throughout treatment of the service user, anticipating the needs of both clinician and service user
• Act as chaperone
• To care and supervise service users undergoing general anaesthesia, in collaboration with the anaesthetic staff at the Surgical Day Case Unit, Burnley General Hospital / Royal Blackburn Hospital and to give pre and post-operative advice.
• To assess the needs of individual patients offering appropriate advice and to prioritise dental emergencies using triage type questioning.
• To provide pre and post-operative advice to patients, parents and carers.
• To provide oral health information and advice to patients, parents and carers.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Dental Nurse Registered with the GDC
• Knowledge of the local dental situation
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work to deadlinesExperience of assisting chairside in the dental surgery for a minimum of 2 years post qualification
• Experience of assisting chairside in the dental surgery within the last 2 years

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).