Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Dental Nurse looking to work with routine and urgent care patients in a general dental practice setting? This role offers the opportunity to provide chairside assistance and triage advice to patients at Springbank Dental Clinic in Cheltenham.
Working hours: 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday
Full and part-time positions available.
Career development opportunities across the practice with great team support.
A varied caseload - every day brings new challenges.
Access to training to maintain your CPD and boost your clinical skills - CPD included.
A caring and calm environment where our dedicated team of dental professionals can offer the best possible care for patients.
We support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Assisting Dental Officers in the provision of treatment within a general dental practice setting.
2. Providing telephone assessments of patients with dental symptoms and providing management advice and onward referral as appropriate.
3. Using all dental equipment, conducting performance checks and identifying maintenance issues.
4. The setting up and closing down of surgeries following infection control guidelines.
5. Carrying out reception duties as required including understanding patient charges and exemptions.
6. Carrying out stock control and maintenance of stock in the surgeries.
7. Undertaking definitive clinical telephone assessments of patients with dental symptoms using SDCEP guidance.
8. Assessing and advising as appropriate through high-level communication skills to meet the needs of the patient.
9. Referring patients as appropriate to dental services for ongoing treatment as indicated through the protocols and systems of the organisation.
10. Maintaining appropriate records as required, accurately recording, checking or amending details on the dental software system.
Must-Haves for Consideration
1. GDC registration (or newly qualified dental nurses awaiting GDC registration number).
2. National Certificate for Dental Nurses or NVQ equivalent.
3. Ability to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.
About Us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey, just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
* 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority;
* 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job Responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme, we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* National Qualification in Dental Nursing
* Registration with General Dental Council
Length and/or Nature of Experience
* Previous experience working as a Dental Nurse post qualification
* Computer and keyboard experience
* Experience of using dental software
* Experience of dental triage
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.
Job Location
Springbank Resource Community Resource Centre, Springbank Way
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference Number
327-24-981
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