Dental Nurse Advisor

Ayrshire; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Ayrshire & Arran as a Dental Nurse Advisor in Edinburgh. You will be responsible for providing telephone triage and guidance during out-of-hours periods, ensuring patients receive excellent care and appropriate referrals. Ideal candidates will be qualified Dental Nurses with strong decision-making and communication skills, eager to be part of a dynamic healthcare team.

Benefits

35 days annual leave, rising to 41

Development opportunities including bursaries

NHS discounts on goods and services

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Dental Nurse.
• Must have strong critical decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication abilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide dental telephone triage to patients.
• Assess and prioritize patients' conditions using a dental framework.
• Offer pain relief and refer patients as necessary.

Skills

Critical decision making

Communication

Interpersonal skills

IT Skills

Education

Qualified Dental Nurse

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Who We Are

As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services

Where We Are

Our Regional Centres are located at Hillington, Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. This role will be based in our Norseman Center only with 18 hour contracts available. More details and centre addresses can be found within the job pack.

The Role…

As a Dental Nurse Advisor, you will be part of a busy and growing team playing your part in helping to ensure that patients and the public are first in everything NHS Scotland does.

You will be providing dental telephone triage to patients in the Out of Hours period. This will include a high level of clinical assessment, advice, and referral to appropriate Out of Hours Dental Emergency Services as required and provide Pharmacy/Analgesic Advice.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of service to the patient/caller by dealing safely and promptly with all calls
• Assess each patient by prioritising each patient’s condition with aid of dental telephone triage framework and training given
• Offer appropriate pain relief
• Identify serious and urgent situations and refer patient to appropriate service within a specific timeframe
• Provide callers with contact details for other NHS services as appropriate
• Participate in evaluation of SEDS
• Ensure confidentiality process is always adhered to.
• Ensure continuous personal development by ensuring knowledge is up to date
  
  

Successful Applicant

• You will be a qualified Dental Nurse
• Broad range of post registration experience
• Evidence of well-developed critical decision making skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong IT Skills with the ability to quickly learn new systems
  
  

Our Enhanced Salary Package

NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a permanent contract on Band 5 (£31,892 - £39,735) Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

We Also Offer You Many Supportive Policies To Enhance Your Employee Journey And Have a Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle To Work Scheme, Bursary Scheme And a Range Of Learning And Development. As An NHS Scotland Employee You Will Be Entitled To

• 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
• NHS discounts on goods and services
• HELP, employee support and assistance
  
  

Interested?

Please access the Dental Nurse Advisor – Digital Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Digital Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.

We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.

NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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