Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dental Nurse Team Leader - Community Dental Service
Wiltshire and Swindon Band 5 / 30 hours per week / Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time experienced and highly motivated qualified Dental Nurse Team Leader, with excellent clinical and administrative skills to join our dynamic Community Dental team covering our Swindon sites. The successful candidate should be a qualified registered Dental Nurse and will possess excellent clinical, communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. The Community Dental Service in Wiltshire and Swindon offers urgent care clinics for patients experiencing dental pain, special care clinics for adults and children with additional needs who are not able to access their treatment at a general dentist across four sites. The service also provides hospital sessions in Salisbury, Swindon and Bath.
You must be a car driver, with access to a vehicle to carry out the role. You may also be required to work at other Dental Clinics. This role includes weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis. The post holder will be required to work 0830 - 1700, with one hour for lunch, four days per week.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of the Clinical Dental Team. The Dental Team provides emergency and special care for a wide range of patients across Wiltshire. The post holder will support the dental officer with a range of dental treatment for urgent care patients in severe pain who do not have a dentist and referred patients with special/additional needs. Urgent care patients may require special attention due to culture, faith and religion, language barriers, understanding of expectation of treatment provided, active symptoms such as pain, phobia and anxiety. Special care patients will require specialist care due to complex medical conditions, physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems which exclude them from having treatment in the General Dental Service. The post holder will take responsibility for the day-to-day line management of band 4 Dental Nurses and running of the dental clinic. They will need to delegate tasks as appropriate and act as key nurse for that site, under the direction of the Dental Nurse Team Manager. The post holder will be required to work to a flexible shift pattern which will include weekends and Bank Holidays.
Job responsibilities
1. Line management of Band 4 Dental Nurses including 1-1 meetings, first stage disciplinary and return to work meetings.
2. To provide mentoring, professional leadership, advice, and guidance to Band 4 Dental Nurses.
3. To comply with the GDC standards and Scope of Practice.
4. To comply with GWH Trust Policies & CDS Local Operating Procedures.
5. To maintain their own clinical and professional development in dental nursing and participate in annual appraisal.
6. Maintain effective communication and professional relationships, at all times, with patients and their relatives, colleagues, and other members of the public.
7. To provide and receive complex and sensitive patient-related medical information.
8. The post holder will take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the dental clinics, including organisation, tracking of maintenance and repair of the dental equipment.
9. Provide pre, and post-operative advice on dental care to patients.
10. To take responsibility for the Health & Safety and Fire inspection checklist.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registration as Dental Nurse with General Dental Council for Dental Care Professionals (The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) Dental Nurse Qualification or exceptionally similar qualification plus appropriate experience).
* Comprehensive, specialised knowledge in any of the following additional qualifications: Radiography, Sedation and Special Care, to foundation degree level.
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.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum
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