Lead Dental Nurse

Job summary

A wonderful opportunity has arisen for a dental nurse to work full time in our growing oral and maxillofacial surgery/Orthodontic department. The ideal person will be an enthusiastic hard working person. In addition to this, excellent communication skills are essential, as is the love of people and a willingness to put the patient at the centre of all they do.

This role is for a highly motivated individual who is able to understand patients with dental phobias and complex needs. Leading and working well within a team, communication, organisational and dexterity skills are key to this role.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting the team in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care that all compliance such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
• To act in a professional manner at all times and to ensure that effective communication with patients and/or carers is maintained at all times regarding all aspects of their treatment.
• To work across all specialties within the department providing the necessary professional and technical support and assistance required for all aspects of patient care.
• If appropriately trained will undertake dental radiography adhering at all times to the IRMER regulations. (Radiographs to include both intra and extra oral, i.e. orthopantomography and periapicals.)
• Set up all clinic or theatre areas in the appropriate manner ensuring that aseptic techniques are adhered to at all times.
• To assist the consultant or dental team, in the consulting room, at the chair side or within the operating theatre environment, ensuring that any relevant paperwork such as case notes, consent forms and x-ray request forms are completed and filed correctly and actioned as required.
• Assist as either scrub nurse or runner in minor operations theatre.
• Maintain all aspects of health, safety and security within the department.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.