Dental Nurse, Band 4

Job summary

We are delighted to further our ability for skill-mixed teams and extend an invite to qualifiedDental Nurses to join our Consultant-led Special Care Dentistry work, where you will be based at our Yeovil Dental Access Centre.

Our services are large enough to make your work variable and interesting, yet are small enough to make the experience of working here greatly satisfying and personal to you.

To give you an overview of our community dental service, please click on the following video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q62-Vf0osQ

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general dental practice (GDP) care, as well as a variety of work including domiciliary, urgent care and minor oral surgery.

Your new colleagues are in place and waiting for you: whether you are starting out, are already experienced, or just looking for that special workplace which makes a huge difference to people's lives and is somewhere to call your work home.

• Community Dental Services are a Consultant-led service:
• Skill-mixed teams working together
• Variety of patients and settings to work within
• Pathways/links to acute hospital services across the County
• Participation in inhalation sedation and general anaesthetics (with appropriate experience and training)
• Supportive framework for Continuous Professional Development
• Excellent opportunities for career progression within this service and across the wider NHS.

All we ask of you is that you have an appropriate qualification in Dental Nursing and be registered with the General Dental Council, you are passionate about patient care (adults, children and special care), share our values, enjoy your work, and are a flexible team player.

About us

Working in the NHS offers many key benefits:

• Flexible permanent and fixed term contracts - either full or part time
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Participation in conscious sedation and GA pathways with appropriate training
• Supportive framework for Continuous Professional Development
• Enhanced benefits package over and above standard NHS (including salary sacrifice car leasing).