Bank Dental Nurse - Band 4
Kendal Emergency Dental Service
An opportunity has arisen to expand the emergency dental service team. We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and highly motivated, qualified GDC registered Dental Nurses to work within our busy Emergency Dental Service at our Kendal clinic.
Sessions:
Weekday evenings Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 17:45 until 21:45
Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays 08:15 until 12:15
This is a bank position and sessions will be offered as and when cover is needed. We need cover predominately more for evening sessions.
Responsibilities:
1. To provide clinical and clerical support to Trust employed Dental Practitioners Operating in the NCIC Emergency Dental Service.
2. To be the link between the patient and the clinician.
3. To prepare the surgery for the patient and assist the dentist in a range of emergency dental care.
4. To undertake reception duties and carry out administrative and filing duties (either electronically or paper-based) within the Emergency Dental Service within Furness and South Lakes.
Skills:
1. Able to follow instructions.
2. Able to maintain basic records.
3. Demonstrates willingness to learn new skills.
4. Understanding of dental and medical emergencies.
5. Able to work as a team.
6. High level of communication skills.
7. Ability to plan own daily workloads as part of a team.
8. Manual Dexterity skill.
9. Alert, sympathetic, and reliable.
10. Knowledge of computer IM & T systems for dental practice administration, e.g. SOEL Health.
11. Understanding of local dental services.
12. Additional communication skills e.g. Makaton, sign language.
13. Ability to work under pressure.
14. Confidence to deal with difficult or aggressive patients.
15. Professionalism and empathy, able to work with people with compromised physical or mental capacity.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
1. Being a clinically led organisation.
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust.
3. A positive patient experience every time.
4. A great place to work.
5. Managing our money well.
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants. #J-18808-Ljbffr