Trainee Dental Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities of a Trainee Dental Nurse

- Attend all teaching sessions, tutorials and portfolio development sessions to ensure that you receive maximum benefit from the training provided.

- Co-operate with your trainers and assessors in the completion of portfolios, assessment record, projects and assignments which are designed to help you learn and show your competence as a dental nurse.

- Attend all personal review sessions to enable you to discuss your progress and identify any developmental needs, so that you can continue to improve.

- Provide support to other dental nurse trainees.

- Make effective use of the resources provided by the Centre.

- Maintain and present all documentary evidence in a well organised manner.

- Adhere to training agreement/contract, which is reviewed periodically.

- Act in a professional manner during work hours.

- Meet with the external visitors on quality assurance inspections.

- To assist managers in ensuring that there is adequate service provision and staff to assist with pandemic incidents in line with the Pandemic People Management Policy. This may include redeployment to other clinical areas within the trust.

Trainee Dental Nurses will be under the supervision of qualified dental nurses whilst gaining experience in the departments of the institute.

Dental Nursing Duties will include

- Receive and prepare patients, ensuring a sensitive approach in the provision of patient centred care. Fostering peoples equality, diversity and rights.

- Provide chairside nursing care and close support during all dental procedures to include: preparing instruments and equipment, aspirating, irrigating, retracting and protecting dental soft tissue.

- Anticipate the operators requirements and demonstrate good practice in efficient and effective care, maintaining confidentiality.

- Undertake safely and effectively decontamination, disinfection and sterilisation of instruments and equipment ready for use. Prevent cross infection or damage to instruments and equipment.

- Undertake day to day cleaning, restocking and maintenance of dental instruments, dental handpieces and equipment ensuring that they work effectively. Reporting any items, which need repair to the Senior Dental Nurse.

- Record accurately as directed by the operator, the conditions of the oral cavity and the necessary treatment on the appropriate chart, laboratory radiographic form. Ensuring ease of reference through legibility and confidentiality.

- Mix the correct quantity of impression material, cement, cavity lining, permanent and temporary restorative materials, according to the manufacturers instructions ensuring that they are used to best effect and ensure correct levels of stock are maintained.

- Assist the operator when offering information to individuals on protection of their Oral Health (and support them in doing so).

- Demonstrate oral hygiene techniques to the patient (under the direction and supervision of the operator) instructing them to adopt an effective health care programme to prevent the occurrence of dental disease.

- Contribute to the controlling of an efficient appointment diary ensuring accurate information is recorded and transfer to relevant patient management systems. Communicating effectively to patients on the telephone.

- Testing clinical equipment as directed by the Senior Dental Nurse and reporting faults. Record testing data on the relevant log sheets.

- Promote effective communication and relationships, to contribute to the team approach.

- Process specific x-ray images and have basic understanding of the working of radiography equipment.

- Assist members of the dental team during clinical procedures, rotating through the various clinical departments on all the sites within the institute.

- Liaise with Dental, Technical, Nursing and Clerical Staff to provide a reliable team approach in the provision of total patient care.

Person Specification

Application form and interview

Essential

• GCSE English Language Level 4 and above or GCSE Grade C and above or equivalent or a Functional Skills qualification
• Demonstrates in the application form a knowledge of the role of a dental nurse and an understanding and interest in Dental Nursing as a career
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail in written work

Desirable

• Studied further qualifications such as A Levels, HND, BTEC, Diploma or Degree
• Additional training/courses in BLS/First Aid, Safeguarding, Moving & Handling, Health & Safety or Infection Control
• Experience of working as a volunteer, Duke of Edinburgh, NCS and/or charity
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working or shadowing/observing in a clinical dental environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's College Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)