Dental Nurse Manager

Barts Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are currently recruiting a Band 6 Dental Nurse Manager to manage our undergraduate nurse team based at the Royal London Dental Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a team of 17 nurses. The nursing team consists of 3 senior dental nurses and 14 dental nurses. The role involves working collaboratively with QMUL who work closely with the trust to provide training for our dental students.

This is an exciting role for someone looking to expand their experience and be part of a teaching hospital providing a first-class service to our patients.

Hours of work will be 9am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch. The post will be a split of 80/20 clinical and admin.

We are looking for well-motivated conscientious Dental Nurses who would enjoy the challenge of working alongside a wide range of professionals and multidisciplinary teams.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

1. Compassionate and caring approach to patients and service users
2. Practice safe and effective Infection Prevention Control
3. flexible in their approach to work
4. using their own initiative
5. work effectively as part of the team
6. have basic IT skills
7. to be able to prioritise and organise workload

We have services running in our outreach centres and the successful candidate may be asked to work at any one of these sites . These clinics are in Leytonstone, Stratford & Isle of Dogs.

Main duties of the job

o The post holder will provide leadership to the Dental Nurse team on a daily basis, inspiring them with strong leadership, excellent clinical skills and a visible and exemplary commitment to patient-centeredness.

o The post holder will work collaboratively with the Lead Dental Nurse and the Matron to escalate department and staffing issues where appropriate.

o The post holder will carry out clinical dental nursing on a minimum of two days per week, ensuring credibility with the nursing team and role modelling excellent clinical nursing skills.

o The post holder will line manage the Senior Dental Nurses and an agreed number of Dental Nurses on the department.

o As well as line management of Dental Nurses the post holder will work with closely with the Senior Dental Nurses to delegate several key operational tasks to the SDNs in the day-to-day operational management of clinical services.

o The post holder will represent their department at nurse management meeting and the clinical governance group and will be expected to take responsibly for delivering agreed actions with nursing teams.

o The post holder will deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse in her absence.

o The post holder will manage several required operational tasks for their department, as set out by the Management Team. This will include, as a minimum, responsibility for ordering stock and ensuring maintenance and repair of equipment.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Date posted

13 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,471 to £50,364 a year per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-6305426RLH

Job locations

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
General Dental Council registration
Ability to deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse
Registered as a witness on the NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing programme (or be working towards this)

Desirable

Post Qualification Certificate Experience of working in OMFS/Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine

Experience

Essential

Significant experience working as a Band 5 senior dental similar NHS setting.
Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues.
Evidence of knowledge and experience of HR processes and policies.
Evidence of service improvement.
Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department.
Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate.
Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses.

Desirable

Experience of line management of Dental Nurses and supervision and mentoring of trainee dental nurses and their work within a clinical environment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
General Dental Council registration
Ability to deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse
Registered as a witness on the NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing programme (or be working towards this)

Desirable

Post Qualification Certificate Experience of working in OMFS/Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine

Experience

Essential

Significant experience working as a Band 5 senior dental similar NHS setting.
Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues.
Evidence of knowledge and experience of HR processes and policies.
Evidence of service improvement.
Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department.
Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate.
Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses.

Desirable

Experience of line management of Dental Nurses and supervision and mentoring of trainee dental nurses and their work within a clinical environment

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).