Dental Nurse

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

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Job summary

Job Title - Dental Nurse

Hours per week- 37.5 Fixed Term

Salary - £25147.00 - £27596.00

Closing Date -16th January 2024

Interview Date - 24th January 2024

You will be a Dental Nurse working in the community for the Warwickshire Special Care Dental Service. You will be responsible for providing close dental nursing support to clinicians in a variety of clinics throughout Warwickshire.

This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

#JoinTeamEliot

Main duties of the job

Warwickshire Wide Special Care Dental Service Applications are invited from experienced, flexible Dental Nurses who hold the National Certificate in Dental Nursing or NVQ level 3 in Oral Healthcare and holds a relevant current Qualification / Certificate in IHS, to join our friendly, enthusiastic team.

We are recruiting to A Fixed Term Contracts for 12 months, Full time post37.5 hoursis available however we would be willing to support withpart time/Flexible working The successful candidates will based Leamington Hospital, Warwick . Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post. Experience in General Dental Practice is desirable. Car owner/driver essential.

For an informal discussion or further information please contact Sue Compton, Dental Nurse Lead on 07917 894067

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Date posted

20 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

230-24592670-SS-DN-A

Job locations

Leamington Hospital

Heathcote lane

Leamington

CV34 6SR


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Role

You will a dental nurse, working within the Community, for the Warwickshire Special Care Dental Service and will be responsible for providing close support dental nursing duties to clinicians at your base site and also a variety of clinics throughout Warwickshire; to enable a full range of special care dentistry provision for our client groups. There may also be an opportunity to support the general anaesthetic and sedation services.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post. Experience in General Dental Practice is desirable. Car owner/driver essential.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Role

You will a dental nurse, working within the Community, for the Warwickshire Special Care Dental Service and will be responsible for providing close support dental nursing duties to clinicians at your base site and also a variety of clinics throughout Warwickshire; to enable a full range of special care dentistry provision for our client groups. There may also be an opportunity to support the general anaesthetic and sedation services.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post. Experience in General Dental Practice is desirable. Car owner/driver essential.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse
  • Special care dental nursing in a community setting

Desirable

  • Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk.

Qualification and Professional Training

Essential

  • National Certificate for Dental Nurses
  • Registered with the GDC
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Good organizational and time management skills
  • Good negotiation/interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines
  • Flexible approach
  • Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate others

Desirable

  • Computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Flexible and innovative2
  • Friendly and co-operative
  • Attention to detail
  • Team worker

Other

Desirable

  • Willing to attend occasional meetings at all Trust sites

Trust Values

Essential

  • Effective open communication
  • Excellence and safety in all that we do
  • Challenge but support
  • Expect respect and dignity
  • Local healthcare that inspires confidence
Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse
  • Special care dental nursing in a community setting

Desirable

  • Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk.

Qualification and Professional Training

Essential

  • National Certificate for Dental Nurses
  • Registered with the GDC
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Good organizational and time management skills
  • Good negotiation/interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines
  • Flexible approach
  • Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate others

Desirable

  • Computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Flexible and innovative2
  • Friendly and co-operative
  • Attention to detail
  • Team worker

Other

Desirable

  • Willing to attend occasional meetings at all Trust sites

Trust Values

Essential

  • Effective open communication
  • Excellence and safety in all that we do
  • Challenge but support
  • Expect respect and dignity
  • Local healthcare that inspires confidence

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Leamington Hospital

Heathcote lane

Leamington

CV34 6SR


Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Leamington Hospital

Heathcote lane

Leamington

CV34 6SR


Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Dental Lead

Sue Compton

sue.compton@nhs.net

0791789067

Date posted

20 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

230-24592670-SS-DN-A

Job locations

Leamington Hospital

Heathcote lane

Leamington

CV34 6SR


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