Mouth Care Trainer for School-Based Oral Health Programs

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Mouth Care Trainer on a 12-month fixed-term basis. The role focuses on delivering the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme across Northumberland and North Tyneside, with training and practical support for schools and education staff.

You will also contribute to mouth care education across health and community settings, maintain records, and report outcomes for contractual purposes, travelling across the Trust footprint as

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Mouth Care Trainer on a 12-month fixed-term basis. The role focuses on delivering the Supervised Tooth Brushing Scheme across Northumberland and North Tyneside, with training and practical support for schools and education staff.

You will also contribute to mouth care education across health and community settings, maintain records, and report outcomes for contractual purposes, travelling across the Trust footprint as