EDS Dental Nurse

FCMS

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Job summary

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Individual to develop their dental nursing career within our Emergency Dental Service.

We are looking for a person who enjoys urgent dental care/the unexpected elements of dentistry but will take satisfaction from the less routine side of dentistry. An honest person, who cares about their work & their team members.

£16.42 - £24.63 per hour
Bank/Zero Hours contract, flexible rotas, most nurses alongside other employment. Looking for approx. 1/2 shifts per week, and able to cover occasionally at short notice.
Shift patterns (may vary):

Monday to Friday: 5.45pm to 9.00pm
Saturday/Sunday & BH: 2.15pm to 6pm

Main duties of the job

We are commissioned by Lancashire and South Cumbria, Integrated Care Board to provide NHS urgent and emergency dental care 365 days, at multiple sites across Lancashire. We believe in making a difference, and pride ourselves on delivering high quality patient care. We currently have services operating in Blackpool, Morecambe, Blackburn and Burnley. We operate out of hours, evenings, weekends & bank holidays 365 days per year.

The Service aims to provide patients with treatment to relieve pain, swellings, and the management of Injuries/Traumas. Caring and Compassionate personality is extremely important. Confident dental nurse able to work as a team in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment.

About us

The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.

Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do.

Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£16.42 an hour

Contract

Bank

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

U0051-24-0084

Job locations

Barbara Castle Way Health Centre

Simmons Street

Blackburn

BB2 1AX

Job description

Job responsibilities

To perform high quality dental nursing in a safe and effective manner alongside the dentist, within the scope of practice of a dental nurse.

Confident and competent dental nurse with working in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment.

Good organisational and time management skills here is invaluable.

Being able to think on your feet but remaining polite and professional is essential, there are sometimes difficult situations that may arise where you may need to take the lead. Adaptability is essential.

Confident in working with variety of different staff, it wont always be the same team members your rostered with.

Ability to calm and reassure nervous and anxious patients a large portion of our service users havent seen a dentist in a long time and usually come to us as a last resort.

Its essential you are able to work within a team and be a trustworthy member.

High standard of infection control and be up to date with HTM01-05.

To establish and maintain productive working relationships with all members of the dental team, supporting & helping one another.

Contribute with suggestions and ideas to make improvements in quality and outcomes for patients.

Assist with any reasonable duties requested.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staffto share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

Disability Confident Employer - As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy

The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).