Senior Dental Nurse
Posted 3 hours 41 minutes ago by NHS
We are currently recruiting a permanent full time Senior Dental Nurse to work with our Undergraduate students at Royal London Dental Hospital. The successful candidate will provide nursing leadership in our undergraduate department working alongside both trust and QMUL staff providing our dental students. This is an ideal career opportunity for anyone looking to develop their existing skills and be part of our internationally renowned teaching hospital in east London.
Hours of work will be 9.0am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch. The post will be a split of 80/20 clinical and admin.
The Royal London Dental Hospital at Barts Health and is a leading specialist hospital for first-class dental and oral health care & provides clinical excellence in all aspects of dentistry.
Barts Health currently has four sites: Whitechapel, Leytonstone, Stratford & Isle of Dogs. This new site will be an addition to these existing sites.
In becoming a Barts Health employee you will be joining an organisation in which safe and compassionate care is at the heart of all we do, this also includes our staff. We have numerous staff benefits as well as providing subscription to a training package which supports our Dental Nurses in completing their annual GDC eCPD. We are also supportive of our employees that wish to complete post qualifications within their speciality.
Main duties of the job- To support the clinical services and Students to deliver a mouthcare programme for in hospital in patients.
- Ensure the mouthcare programme runs efficiently and effectively and the students are supported.
- To ensure a Quality Assurance program is undertaken within the service.
- Provide training to clinical staff on the use of equipment on site.
- Provide assistance to a team of HAS's and hygiene/ theraphy students while they carry out mouthcare for our patients.
- To provide high quality chairside support to all clinicians and ensure that the standard of all dental nursing care is of the highest order and in line with Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Support the Lead Dental Nurses, Qualified Dental Nurses and Student Dental Nurses to undertake practical training and induction for band 4 nurses and HCA's.
- Provide direct line management to band 4 nurses including sickness management, annual leave, appraisal, performance management and day to day management of their welfare.
- Carry out witness training and support trainees with their Record of Experience.
- Develop an in-depth knowledge of mouthcare matters within the hospital.
- Champion service improvement for your clinical area.
- Responsibility for designated areas of clinical operations and other areas of activity as required.
- Provide support to the dental nurse managers in the recruitment process.
- Conduct infection control audits for your clinical area and act on findings.
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.
Person Specification Qualifications- NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
- NEBBN or BDA oral health qualification
- Post Qualification Certificate.
- Significant experience as a band 4 dental nurse.
- Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues.
- Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
- Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department.
- Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate.
- Supervision and mentoring of dental nurses and trainee dental nurses and their work within a clinical environment.
- Ability to deputise for the Dental Nurse Manager.
- Knowledge of range of dental nursing procedures acquired through training and experience.
- Registered as a witness on the NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing programme (or be working towards this).
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.