Dental Nurse

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Qualified Dental Nurse. This part-time role requires a friendly, reliable, and understanding individual who can provide clinical support in various treatments. The successful candidate will work alongside specialists in a setting that includes home visits, hospitals, and clinic-based care. Applicants should have experience with medically compromised patients and should be able to administer sedation. The position offers generous benefits, including up to 33 days of leave and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Dental Nurse who can work with a broad client base.
• Experience or willingness to support medically compromised patients and children with special needs.
• Ability to administer sedation and anaesthesia as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support in various treatments for patients.
• Maintain cross-infection control.
• Work alongside a team of healthcare professionals.

Skills

Friendly

Reliable

Understanding

Experience with medically compromised patients

Ability to work in challenging situations

Education

Qualified Dental Nurse

Job description

Worcestershire Community Dental services is a county wide service seeing patients on a referral basis, our patients have additional needs such as medically compromised, phobia's, special needs, autism, looked after adults and children. We are looking for a Qualified Dental nurse who is also friendly, reliable, understanding individual who wants to make a difference to the dental care we deliver to our patients. We cover dentistry in patients homes, hospitals and clinic based. We offer treatment via sedation local and general anaesthetics. You will work alongside consultants and specialists and highly experienced dental clinicians, therapists, nurses and receptionists. In our most recent CQC evaluation the community dental team were rated outstanding for caring.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support in a wide range of treatments for a broad client base.
• Work alongside consultants, specialists, experienced clinicians, therapists, nurses and receptionists.
• Maintain excellent cross‑infection control.
• Provide a welcoming and positive approach for patients and work well in challenging situations.
• Administer sedation local and general anaesthesia as required.

Qualifications

• Qualified Dental Nurse.
• Friendly, reliable, understanding individual.
• Experience or willingness to work with medically compromised patients, phobias, special needs, autism, looked after adults and children.
• Extended duties desirable but not essential.
• Ability to work well in challenging situations.

Working Environment

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work‑life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

Benefits

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Wide range of supportive staff networks.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities.

Working Hours

This is a part‑time post working 30 hours per week. We would consider less hours for the successful candidate but would have to be a minimum of 15 hours.

Contact

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