Job summary
Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse - Stratford Hospital Base
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Closing Date: 8th June 2025
Interview Date: 26th June 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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We have an exciting opportunity to join the friendly, motivated Coventry & Warwickshire Community Special Care Dental Service based in Stratford Hospital.
The service also comprises an Oral Health Promotion team, a domiciliary service, sedation service and provides regular GA sessions at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire & George Eliot Hospitals.
This post holder will have the opportunity to assist in the provision of special care and paediatric dentistry, incorporating Inhalation and IV Sedation, General Anaesthetic sessions and domiciliary care.
The Community Dental Services are based across Coventry & Warwickshire. The service currently operates Monday - Friday.
Main duties of the job
We require an enthusiastic and conscientious Dental Nurse to join our professional and supportive team of Dentists, Dental Therapists and Dental Nurses to provide patient focused community dentistry for people with more complex needs and conditions.
We are recruiting for a Full time Permanent post; for 37.5 hours, but would be willing to discuss part time or flexible working.
The successful candidates will bebased at Stratford Hospital.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post.
Car owner/driver essential.
You will be responsible for assisting the clinician in the day-to-day running of the surgery working under the supervision of the Senior/Specialist Dental Nurses, Governance and Operational Leads.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Effective open communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: 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
As a Dental Nurse you will be working within the Community for the Warwickshire Special Care Dental Services 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.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Dental Nurse you will be working within the Community for the Warwickshire Special Care Dental Services 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.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse
- Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk.
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
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
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible and innovative
- Friendly and co-operative
- Attentive to detail
- Team worker
Other
Desirable
- Willing to attend occasional meetings at all Trust sites
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse
- Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk.
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
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
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible and innovative
- Friendly and co-operative
- Attentive to detail
- Team worker
Other
Desirable
- Willing to attend occasional meetings at all Trust sites
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
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).
