Senior Dental Nurse

Job summary

Senior Dental Nurse Band 5 23 hours Permanent

To work as part of the Team to provide an efficient Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontic Service to the Trust.

Deputize for manager in her absence, maintaining supplies and service delivery.

Training and supervision of junior staff, new employees to the department.

To always act in a manner consistent with the GDC Code of Professional conduct carrying out his/her duties in accordance with the Trust policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

• Clean and prepare surgeries to establish and maintain suitable cross infection standards, and preparation of sterile trolleys for individual procedures.
• Establish patient's medical records prior to commencement of the clinic.
• Assisting clinicians in specialist treatment of maxillofacial and orthodontic patients. Carry out treatment and assist in the supervision of patients until they are fit to leave the premises.
• Assist with invasive day procedure, which requires contact with blood/body fluids, including treatment of sedated patients using local anesthetic.
• Accompany the specialty Dr when carrying out treatment in other departments, ward visits, operating theatres, HDU (Sectioned patients).
• Assist in the treatment of patients with facial and oral cancers.
• Monitoring patients post-operatively.
• Instruct patients in all clinical advice prior to and after surgery.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Date posted: 22 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year Pro-rata per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 245-NAM5SUR-04-25

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Full GDC registration
• The National Examination for Dental Surgery Assistants

Desirable:

• Post Qualification Certificate in Dental Sedation Nursing
• Post Qualification Certificate in Dental Health
• Post Qualification Certificate in Orthodontic Nursing
• Post Qualification Certificate in Radiography

Experience

Essential:

• Specialist clinical experience in Oral Surgery and Orthodontics.

Knowledge

Essential:

• Knowledge of NHS.
• Able to give expert clinical advice to patients in absence of clinicians

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address:

Tameside Hospital

Old Street

Ashton-Under-Lyne

OL6 9RW

Employer's website: https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/