Main area Dental Services Grade Band 5 Contract Secondment: 6 months (may include evening and weekend working) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Saturday / 8am - 8pm) Job ref 820-7105041-DEN
Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Birmingham Dental hospital Town Birmingham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/04/2025 23:59
Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse
Job overview
An exciting, 6 month secondment opportunity has arisen within the Oral Surgery and Unscheduled Dental Care Department at Birmingham Dental Hospital for Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse.
The post holder has to be an experienced Dental Nurse who has excellent interpersonal, organisational and leadership skills and will work in close collaboration with the Dental Nurse Managers, Dental Matrons and Clinical Leads. The role will include responsibility for the management and development of the Dental Nurse Team to ensure smooth running of the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the clinical speciality to ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care and that all Trust policies and procedures are adhered to. This will include chairside activity as well as supporting the Dental Nurse Manager and other Senior Dental Nurses in the delivery of Dentistry training and development of the Service. They will also educate and develop dental nursing teams to respond to the complex needs of patients that meet the acceptance criteria across the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
* Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within Specialised Dental Clinics throughout the service and manage patients with complex social and medical histories.
* Liaise with the Dental Nurse Manager and other Senior Dental Nurses to ensure correct training needs are met for staff within the service.
* Maintain adequate levels of stock and equipment across clinical localities.
* Be professionally responsible for ensuring high standards of Infection Prevention Control and Decontamination processes within the service and monitoring undergraduate performance, including risk management and reporting to academic staff.
* Maintain patient confidentiality; deal with complaints and audit outcomes.
* Report, liaise and prioritise defective equipment to the Estates Department.
* Prepare clinical notes including x-rays, models and allocation of chairs.
* Communicate by telephone, email or fax with patients, GDP’s and other hospitals to ensure specialist care is arranged for patients’ individual needs.
* Carry out departmental inductions for all new staff of varying grades.
* Ensure that all daily mandatory checks are carried out and recorded.
* Carry out any other relevant duties specified by professional staff and the Dental Nurse Manager.
Management and Leadership Responsibilities:
* Supervise and identify staff who require additional training within Paediatric Dentistry.
* Develop and empower all members of staff to perform to high standards and innovate.
* Support Dental Nurses with inductions.
* Support the Dental Nurse Manager and Head of Service to provide team training for all disciplines.
* Adhere to procedures to support, maintain and achieve national targets.
* Ensure to implement agreed Divisional, Local and Trust Policies.
* Implement outcomes in respect of appropriate Clinical Governance.
* Co-ordinate emergency and safety procedures and report consequences.
* Assist with Departmental Audits and implementation of outcomes where appropriate.
* Attend relevant Departmental and Trust Meetings and disseminate the information.
* Assist Dental Nurse Manager with budgetary control to ensure the best use of resources across the service.
* Liaise with Senior Dental Nurses to communicate with external agents regarding the maintenance and servicing of specialist equipment as required.
* Assist with recruitment and selection of new nursing staff as required.
* Monitor standards of cleaning and report deficiencies to appropriate manager.
* Manage and implement agreed Cross Infection Policies within the team.
* Maintain records for Dental Nurses i.e. annual leave, off duty and Trainee Dental Nurses attendance records and ensure this information is communicated to the Dental Nurse Manager, as required.
* Manage the appointment systems efficiently in each locality as required.
* Manage patient referral and Triage system for Paediatric Dentistry.
* Work with external health and social care providers and liaise with other hospitals/facilities involved.
Teaching:
* Identify appropriate training needs for nursing staff across the localities in conjunction with the Head of Service.
* Arrange training sessions as required to fulfil requirements of clinical support to the Paediatric Dental Service.
* Mentor and support candidates as required for qualifications and personal development e.g. Sedation Dental Nursing, Special Care Dental Nursing etc.
* Where required liaise with Dental Nurse Tutors to ensure Trainee Dental Nurses achieve their objectives and specialist knowledge whilst within the service.
* Where required carry out performance evaluation of Trainee Dental Nurses during their placement and document their progress.
* Deliver information and teach new techniques to qualified staff in conjunction with the Dental Nurse Manager and Head of Service.
Person specification
Qualifications/training
* A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council
* Registered with the General Dental Council
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Recognised Management Qualification
* Possess a recognised Post Qualification e.g. Dental Sedation Nursing, Dental Implant Nursing, Dental Radiography, Orthodontics
Experience
* Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
* Relevant experience in day to day management of staff
* Demonstrate full commitment to supporting undergraduates to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standard
* Evidence of experience in service redesign and change of clinical financial management
Skills/knowledge
* Evidence understanding of clinical stock/budget management
* Able to lead and work as a team member
* Adaptable and responsive to change
* Evidence of advanced clinical skills
Other job requirements
* Flexibility
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
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