Senior Specialised Dental Nurse
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Dental Radiography
- Care and recovery of the conscious sedated patient
- NEBDN Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing
- Registered with the General Dental Council.
Desirable criteria
- Orthodontic Nursing Certificate.
- Implant Nursing Certificate
- Level 1 (Core) Training in Dental CBCT Certificate
- Oral Health Education Certificate.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and relevant knowledge in specific specialist areas of Maxillofacial, Orthodontics and Restorative.
- NHS General Dental Practice or Dental Hospital experience
- Knowledge of confidentiality / Data Protection Act.
- Ability to prioritise appropriately and work with minimal supervision
- High standard of chair side nursing
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Basic computer literacy, including confidence using a PC and handheld devices to record patient information
- Competent domestic skills, including cleaning and organisation
- Well motivated
- Commitment to working with the multidisciplinary team
- Prepared to work across the departments/sites
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Flexible with working hours
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Hospital Policies and Procedures.
- Hospital computer system
- Planning and organisational skills
Important information about your application
- All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
- References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
- We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
- Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
- New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
- We work with 'trac.jobs' to support out recruitment process. If you have any queries regarding this please read this privacy notice.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non encrypted format.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- band 5 senior dental nurse (PDF, 657.9KB)
- band 5 senior dental nurse (PDF, 657.9KB)
- Statement handling - updated from policy (PDF, 33.6KB)
- Policy ex-offenders (PDF, 36.1KB)
- Infection control statement (PDF, 107.5KB)
- DBS Code of practice (PDF, 54.9KB)
- Trust Policy on Managing Risk Associated with Safeguarding Children (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Family Relocation Information (PDF, 1.0MB)
- Speaking Up Policy (PDF, 523.6KB)
- Recruitment Reasonable Adjustments (PDF, 122.1KB)