Dental Support Worker

City Health Care Partnership CIC; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Hull is seeking a full-time Dental Support Worker for patient-facing administration. The role involves decontaminating dental instruments and requires effective communication and clerical skills. Ideal candidates will have NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and experience in a clinical environment. This position offers fixed hours from Monday to Friday, with the option for Saturday overtime.

Qualifications

• Experience in reception/front line patient facing environment.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Evidence of personal professional development.
• Recent evidence of working in a patient care environment.

Responsibilities

• Handle patient-facing administration tasks.
• Decontaminate Dental Instruments.
• Communicate effectively with service users.

Skills

Clerical skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Professional demeanor

Telephone skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

City Health Dental Hull are looking to recruit a full time Dental Support Worker, the role is a patient facing administration role, incorporating the decontamination of Dental Instrument's on rotation. To undertake this role the successful candidate will be required to be vaccinated for Hepatitis B.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following attributes, a professional and calm mannerism, excellent prioritization skills, empathetic demeaner, have excellent clerical skills, the ability to multitask, be able to communicate effectively with service users and have excellent telephone manor and keyboard skills.

This post is a Hull town Centre based clinic, and will be fixed hours Monday - Friday with the option of Saturday overtime.

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore City Health Care Partnership would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for full details on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or working towards

Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of administrative procedures`
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
• Knowledge of Dental Services
• Knowledge of HTM105

Experience

• Experience in reception / front line patient facing environment
• Recent evidence or working in a patient care environment
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to adapt to different situations
• Experience of working in a clinical environment
• Dental clinical experience
• Evidence of personal professional development

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.