Job summary
Job Title - Dental Nurse
Hours per week-37.5 hours a week
Perm/Fixed Term-Fixed Term
Salary - £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Closing Date-2nd September 2024
Interview Date-11th September 2024
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.
For an informal discussion or further information please contact Sue Compton, Dental Lead on 07917 894067
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so 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.
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Main duties of the job
We are recruiting to a Full time Fixed Term post; 37.5 hours but would be willing to discuss part time working.
The successful candidates will bebased at Stratford Hospital.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post. Experience in General Dental Practice is desirable.
Car owner/driver essential.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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
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
Essential
Essential
- Qualification and Professional Training o National Certificate for Dental Nurses o Registered with the GDC o Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
Essential
- Skills and Abilities o Good organizational and time management skills. o Good negotiation/interpersonal skills o Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines o Flexible approach o Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate others o Computer skills
Essential
Essential
- Experience and Knowledge o Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse o Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk. o Special care dental nursing in a community setting
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Qualification and Professional Training o National Certificate for Dental Nurses o Registered with the GDC o Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
Essential
- Skills and Abilities o Good organizational and time management skills. o Good negotiation/interpersonal skills o Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines o Flexible approach o Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate others o Computer skills
Essential
Essential
- Experience and Knowledge o Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse o Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk. o Special care dental nursing in a community setting
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.
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
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).
