Trainee Dental Nurse

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust as a Trainee Dental Nurse, where you'll begin your journey to becoming a qualified professional. This role emphasizes patient care, organizational skills, and teamwork, with flexible working options and excellent training opportunities. Enjoy working in beautiful Sussex locations, enhancing community health and services through dental care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Compassionate leadership

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain accurate dental records.
• Capable of providing nursing cover promptly.
• Engagement in quality assurance and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain computerised and paper dental records.
• Provide nursing cover at clinics as needed.
• Participate in evidence collation for compliance.

Skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Patient care

Job description

Are you passionate about patient care and want to make a difference?

Join us as a Trainee Dental Nurse and take the first step towards becoming a fully qualified Dental Nurse within the NHS. If you are well organised, able to prioritise, and enjoy working as part of a team to provide excellent patient care, then we look forward to hearing from you.

The Special Care Dental Service is part of a countywide service providing NHS Dental treatment to patients on referral from General Dental Practitioners, GPs, and other health and social care professionals. We have clinics across the county, operating Monday to Friday, 08:30am to 4:30pm, as well as a domiciliary service.

• Maintain accurate, computerised and paper dental records of patients to comply with the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust policies
• Conform to all Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and Special Care Dentistry policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Provide nursing cover at short notice and possibly for an extended period at any clinic throughout the county or within the regional area, including the administrative responsibilities usually undertaken by the dental nurse in post, if alternate cover cannot be appointed
• Participate in supervision in line with trust policy
• Participate in evidence collation for The Care Quality Commission (CQC)

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values — Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence — guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact:

• Name: Emma Mason
• Job title: Dental Nurse Manager
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]

Annex 21 pay scale - National living wage £12.21 per hour or £23,874.98 per annum

Once qualified, Band 4.