Dental Nurse

Job summary

Wonderful opportunities have arisen for a dental nurse to join our team within our growing oral and maxillofacial surgery/Orthodontic departments at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and hard-working with a passion for helping patients and a willingness to learn from others and share knowledge and ideas with colleagues. In addition to this, excellent communication skills are needed, as is the love of people and a willingness to put the patient at the centre of all they do.

We are looking for a highly motivated individuals who can empathise with our patients with dental phobias and complex needs. Working well within a team, communication, organisational and dexterity skills are key to this role. There are a multitude of exciting opportunities to expand on your knowledge and skills within the trust. You will have the opportunity to work in theatre settings providing assistance to our consultants and speciality doctors during general/local anaesthetic procedures. Outside of theatres you'll be working within our busy outpatient departments the job offers lots of variety and our team is small and friendly with a mixture of personalities.

Main duties of the job

Ideally applicants will have some experience in both orthodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery specialities, and hold a nationally recognised post qualification in radiography, sedation, orthodontic nursing, oral health education and/or special care dentistry.This post is based within Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust in our busy and established departments at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.If you have initiative, are committed to continual development of your career in dental nursing, are eager to take up a challenge and hold a recognised qualification, we would love to hear from you.Please do not hesitate to contact Rose Green (lead dental nurse) via email rose.green@hhft.nhs.uk or telephone on 01256 313241 if you have any questions, would like an informal chat or to arrange a visit.

About us

NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover, as well as in the care we provide in the community. We provide medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of

The post holder will uphold the Trusts core values:Compassion caring about our patients and our staffAccountable and responsible, always improvingRespect for all colleagues, patients and their familiesEncouraging and challenging each other to always do our best

The vacancy may be closed sooner if high number of applications are received prior to the closing date.