Dental Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dental Nurse to join our team at Ringway Dental Centre 3 days and 2 days at Ashton Health Centre in Preston within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Dental Service.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated individual, with excellent communication skills to assist in the delivery of urgent and routine dental care and also specialist dental service. You must be a qualified dental nurse, and you will have a good standard of education and the ability to work well within a team.

You will mainly work at the above clinics; however you may also be required to work at any of our other clinics, covering sickness and annual leave. You need to be able to work flexibly across 7 days on a rota basis.

You will have opportunity to study for post registration qualifications including sedation and will have access to plentiful CPD and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical and non-clinical support to Trust employed Dental Clinicians operating across Lancashire Care Dental Service footprint
To be the link between service user and clinician
To prepare the surgery for the service user and assist the clinicians in a range of dental treatments
To assist in the provision of oral health care including the prevention and health education to individual Service Users who may have learning or physical difficulties, mental health illness, be medically compromised, dependent elderly or have a dental phobia.
To undertake reception duties and carry out administrative duties as necessary

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

19 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-SPS1018-EJ-A

Job locations

Dental Urgent & Routine Care Ringway

Ringway/Ashton Dental Centre

Preston

PR1 1EL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Dental Nurse (National Certificate for Dental Nurses or NVQ Level 3) Registered with the General Dental Council

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the local dental situation Excellent communication skills Ability to work on own initiative Ability to work as part of a team Articulate

Experience

Essential

Minimum 2 years' Experience of assisting chairside in the Dental surgery Knowledge of the local Dental situation

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Dental Nurse (National Certificate for Dental Nurses or NVQ Level 3) Registered with the General Dental Council

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the local dental situation Excellent communication skills Ability to work on own initiative Ability to work as part of a team Articulate

Experience

Essential

Minimum 2 years' Experience of assisting chairside in the Dental surgery Knowledge of the local Dental situation

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.