Dental Nurse

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 May 2025

Job summary

The post is based at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

Fully registered with the General Dental Council with Personal Development Plan and CPD records.

The successful candidate must demonstrate an attitude that respects and values service users and also the core values of Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate both our Trust values and our culture of compassionate care.

(Hours are worked from Monday - Friday including evening clinics.)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work predominantly within the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Maxillofacial and Orthodontics.

Role model behaviours in accordance with the Trust Behavioural Framework.
Ensure best possible dental nursing care and practice including those with complex medical, physical and emotional needs.
Provide close support to dentistry, maintaining high standards of patient care and infection control.
Learn new skills in line with new practices, qualifications and modernisation.
Have commitment to continuing professional development.

About us

We have already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and safely perform over 13,000 surgical procedures. Our catchment area has a population of over 7m, stretching from Cumbria, through Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire, parts of Shropshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Children from virtually every part of the UK, and also from around the world, visit Alder Hey for specialist treatment. As a result, we are recognised as a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and have been designated as a National Centre for craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery by the Department of Health.

With a world class £237 million facility that opened in October 2015 we are now looking to recruit a motivated and committed Dental Nurse in Paediatric Dentistry within the Division of Surgical Care.

It is the primary objective of this post to contribute to patient care within the specialty of Paediatric Dentistry as a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Being part of Alder Hey can provide you with staff benefits including Lease Car Scheme, Smoking Cessation Services, Childcare and Family Support, Childcare vouchers and the new Electronics home salary sacrifice scheme.

Date posted

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

411-SUR-25-7152261

Job locations

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full duties and the main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full duties and the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Registered Dental Nurse qualification or NVQ Level 3 in Oral Healthcare.

Essential

Registered Dental Nurse qualification or NVQ Level 3 in Oral Healthcare.

Desirable

Evidence of maintaining CPD
Good written/communication skills

Person Specification

Registered Dental Nurse qualification or NVQ Level 3 in Oral Healthcare.

Essential

Registered Dental Nurse qualification or NVQ Level 3 in Oral Healthcare.

Desirable

Evidence of maintaining CPD
Good written/communication skills

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).