Mouth Care Lead Dental Nurse/Trainer

Northumbria Healthcare; North Shields; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive staff health and wellbeing

Generous annual leave and pension

Flexible working opportunities

Lease car and home electronics scheme

Training programmes and development

Savings scheme via salary sacrifice

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mouth Care Trainer on a 12-month fixed-term basis. You will deliver the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme across schools in Northumberland and North Tyneside, while providing training and practical support to staff and families to implement the programme.

You will also contribute to wider mouth care education across health and community settings, ensuring effective delivery and continuity of service through a small, supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering training across schools or community settings.
• Knowledge of oral health promotion and public health principles.
• Ability to tailor education for varied audiences including staff, families and educators.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme in schools across Northumberland and North Tyneside.
• Provide training, education and practical support to school staff.
• Coordinate resources and maintain stock for programme delivery.
• Record activity accurately and report data for contract monitoring.
• Promote healthy oral health behaviours and reduce inequalities.
• Collaborate with Mouth Care Team to ensure service resilience.

Skills

Training delivery

Oral health education

Public health promotion

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

Trust digital systems

Job description

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated healthcare professional to join our team as a Mouth Care Trainer on a 12-month fixed-term basis.

The post holder will play a key role in delivering the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme across schools within Northumberland and North Tyneside, supporting local authority commissioned programmes aimed at improving children's oral health and reducing health inequalities. Working alongside the Mouth Care Lead Dental Nurse/Trainer, the successful candidate will provide training, education and practical support to schools, families and education professionals to support the effective implementation of the scheme.

Whilst the primary focus of this role will be the delivery of the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme, the post holder will also contribute to the delivery of evidence-based mouth care education and training across health and community settings. Working as part of a small, supportive team, the post holder will provide cross-cover for colleagues during periods of annual leave, sickness absence and increased service demand to ensure continuity of training and service delivery.

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• Deliver the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme across participating schools within Northumberland and North Tyneside in line with programme requirements and agreed standards.
• Provide training, education and practical support to school staff to enable the successful implementation and sustainability of the scheme.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with schools, local authority colleagues and partner organisations.
• Coordinate the ordering, management and distribution of supervised toothbrushing resources, ensuring adequate supplies are available to support programme delivery.
• Deliver oral health promotion activities and evidence-based advice to children, parents, carers and education professionals. Support schools to promote positive oral health behaviours and reduce oral health inequalities.
• Maintain accurate records of programme activity and collect, analyse and report data to support monitoring, evaluation and contractual reporting requirements.
• Prepare and present activity and outcome information for local authority contract review meetings and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to the delivery of mouth care education and training across healthcare and community settings as required.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within the Mouth Care Team to provide cross-cover during periods of annual leave, sickness absence and increased service demand.
• Travel across the Northumbria Healthcare footprint to deliver training, education and programme support.

Working for our organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will primarily support the delivery of the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme across schools within Northumberland and North Tyneside. As part of the Mouth Care Team, they will contribute to oral health improvement initiatives aimed at reducing oral health inequalities and improving oral health outcomes for children and young people.

The post holder will provide training, education and practical support to schools and partner organisations to enable the successful implementation of the programme. The primary focus of this role will be the delivery of the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme within educational settings, whilst a companion Mouth Care Trainer role focuses predominantly on mouth care education and training within healthcare settings. Both post holders will work collaboratively to ensure continuity of service delivery and provide mutual support during periods of annual leave, sickness absence and increased service demand.

Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme

• Deliver training and education sessions to school staff participating in the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme.
• Support schools to implement and sustain supervised toothbrushing activities in line with programme guidance, local procedures and contractual requirements.
• Provide advice and support on oral health promotion, effective toothbrushing techniques and the use of fluoride toothpaste.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with schools, local authority representatives and other partner organisations.
• Act as a key contact for participating schools, providing advice and support to address any issues affecting programme delivery.
• Coordinate the ordering, storage and distribution of supervised toothbrushing resources and equipment to participating schools.
• Monitor stock levels and ensure resources are available to support programme delivery.
• Maintain accurate records relating to school engagement, training activity, resource distribution and programme delivery.
• Monitor participation and activity levels within schools and support the identification of any barriers to implementation.
• Collect, maintain and analyse programme data to support monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements.
• Produce activity reports and outcome information to support contract monitoring meetings and discussions with local authority commissioners.
• Attend meetings with stakeholders as required and contribute updates on programme delivery and outcomes.
• Support the evaluation and continuous improvement of the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme.

Oral Health Education and Promotion

• Demonstrate effective oral hygiene and toothbrushing techniques.
• Provide evidence-based advice on maintaining good oral health and preventing oral disease.
• Offer information on accessing dental services and support for common oral health concerns.
• Promote healthy lifestyle choices that contribute to improved oral health and wellbeing.
• Support local and national oral health improvement initiatives as required.

Mouth Care Education and Training

• Contribute to the delivery of mouth care education and training programmes across healthcare and community settings.
• Facilitate training sessions for clinical and non-clinical staff where required.
• Promote approved mouth care products, resources and evidence-based practice.
• Support healthcare professionals to develop confidence in assessing oral health needs and delivering safe, compassionate mouth care.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within the Mouth Care Team to provide cross-cover and support service resilience during periods of annual leave, sickness absence or increased service demand.

General Responsibilities

• Work independently within agreed protocols and seek advice and support when required.
• Use Trust digital systems to record activity, maintain accurate records and support service evaluation.
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
• Maintain professional registration and undertake continuing professional development relevant to the role.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure resilience and continuity across the mouth care education and training service.
• Travel across the Trust footprint and partner organisations as required to support programme delivery.
• Comply with Trust policies, procedures and professional standards.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under‑represented in our workforce as well as other under‑represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.