Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has superb opportunities for multiple individuals to support their Dental Nurse team in a variety of sites including clinics, hospitals, and in the domiciliary setting. The role allows you to work in a specialist team to care for a wide range of both children and adult patients among other disabilities. The opportunities available are for a minimum of 3 months with a potential to extend.
Main duties of the job
1. Supporting clinicians throughout a wide range of different types of clinical treatments.
2. Supporting all patients as they undergo dental treatment, responding to individual patients' needs and understanding how they may be affected by dental experiences.
3. Setting up and preparing the dental surgery and ensuring it is cleaned post-surgery.
4. Ensuring that the correct clean instruments and equipment, x-rays, record card, and electronic records are available to the clinician prior to treatment.
5. Supporting with stock management of stationery, medications, utilities, etc.
6. Maintaining and updating records within an efficient filing system, where required, and maintaining data protection.
7. Booking patients' appointments and advising patient needs using dental knowledge.
Job responsibilities
Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Multiple Locations across Berkshire
Pay Rates: £14.82 per hour
Shift Patterns: Monday-Friday 8:30-17:00 with potential flexibility
We are looking for individuals who have a compassionate approach to care and who are looking for flexibility within their role within the NHS. If this is you, we would like to hear from you today.
You will ideally have experience working as part of a dental team, and be happy to work within any location below:
* Langley Health Centre
* Skimped Hill Health Centre
* Upton Hospital
* West Berkshire Community Hospital
* Whitley Health and Social Services Centre
You must be able to demonstrate experience of managing a dental clinic, the ability to deal with emotional and distressing situations, and be able to organise often a high workload. High levels of both written and oral communication are essential to this post in order to support patients and other clinicians effectively. The post holder must be able to communicate accurate and sensitive information to patients, as well as within their own team and colleagues.
What you'll need:
* Registration with the General Dental Council
* NVQ Level 3 in Oral Healthcare
* Experience working with the elderly, children, and patients with special needs
* Excellent organisational skills
* Computer skills including any experience with dental software
* UK driving license and use of a car
The benefits we can offer you in return:
* Putting People in Places to Care - be part of the NHSP community by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.
* Weekly pay - to give you access to your wages more quickly.
* Blue Light Card NHS Discount Provider
* First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.
* Our team is always happy to help - access our support line anytime.
* Working options to suit your lifestyle - being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed-term placements.
* Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP's own academy.
* Explore different wards - keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.
* Being part of the NHSP Community means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series, and much more.
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health. Our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work, supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed-term placements.
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By joining us, you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed-term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.
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.
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