Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, innovative, and forward-thinking individual to join the team at The Royal London Dental Hospital, part of the Surgical Division. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced professional for the role of Lead Dental Nurse / Charge Nurse, overseeing services within the Dental Institute and Dental Outreach network.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious dental nurse who is ready to take the next step in their career. The role offers a platform to enhance your leadership skills and professional development, with a clear focus on service improvement, clinical excellence, and patient safety.As Lead Dental Nurse / Charge Nurse, you will play a vital role in the operational leadership of the dental network, ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of services. You will contribute to quality improvement initiatives, lead on clinical governance matters, and work closely with the wider directorate to maintain the highest standards of care. A key part of this role involves working collaboratively with other providers and partner agencies to support business planning and service development.Patient safety lies at the heart of everything we do, and you will be responsible for ensuring the consistent delivery of safe, evidence-based care.
Main duties of the job
The Lead Dental Nurse will have clinical and management responsibility for dental nursing across a number of departments within the Dental Hospital and sites networked to the Dental Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, Sir Ludwig Guttman Dental Outreach, Barkantine Dental Outreach and Southend Academic Dental Outreach, liaising with multidisciplinary staff of the dental Institute, the wider trust and external agencies where appropriate.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- National Certificate of the Examining Board for Dental Nurses or equivalent.
- Evidence of a commitment to CPD.
- Management Course /Degree or be willing to undertake relevant course.
Desirable
- Evidence of undertaking a post registration course e.g. Radiography, Sedation and Oral Health.
- NEBDN Witness Training
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant Post Registration experience in relevant specialty.
- oExperience in leadership and management
- oExperience of supporting learning in practice
- oEvidence in supporting the professional and personal needs of an individual and teams
- oExperience in Counseling staff in relation to disciplinary and sickness absence issues.
- oExperience of providing Personal Development Reviews to staff
- oExperience of clinically managing a service or undergraduate department
Desirable
- oEvidence of involvement in QI work
Knowledge
Essential
- Understands the importance and relevance of nursing research and uses this to improve clinical practice.
- Knowledge of nursing care methods and models.
- Sound overall knowledge of caring for patients with problems related to a wide range of general dental disorders especially in Orthodontics, Oral Medicine/Surgery, OMFS.
- Knowledge of health care need in a multiracial society
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- National Certificate of the Examining Board for Dental Nurses or equivalent.
- Evidence of a commitment to CPD.
- Management Course /Degree or be willing to undertake relevant course.
Desirable
- Evidence of undertaking a post registration course e.g. Radiography, Sedation and Oral Health.
- NEBDN Witness Training
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant Post Registration experience in relevant specialty.
- oExperience in leadership and management
- oExperience of supporting learning in practice
- oEvidence in supporting the professional and personal needs of an individual and teams
- oExperience in Counseling staff in relation to disciplinary and sickness absence issues.
- oExperience of providing Personal Development Reviews to staff
- oExperience of clinically managing a service or undergraduate department
Desirable
- oEvidence of involvement in QI work
Knowledge
Essential
- Understands the importance and relevance of nursing research and uses this to improve clinical practice.
- Knowledge of nursing care methods and models.
- Sound overall knowledge of caring for patients with problems related to a wide range of general dental disorders especially in Orthodontics, Oral Medicine/Surgery, OMFS.
- Knowledge of health care need in a multiracial society
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
