Job summary
111 Dental Nurse
Hours of work: Full time 37.5 hours per week, part time hours will be considered
Are you an experienced Dental Nurse looking for a new challenge within a unique career opportunity?
- Do you have excellent communication skills, and a passion to work for the NHS?
- Are you caring, empathetic and wish to make a real difference to people's lives?
- Do you want to work in a warm, friendly environment where your colleagues and managers care and want to make a difference?
- Are you flexible and able to commit to a shift pattern encompassing days, evenings, nights, bank holidays etc?
If your answer isYESto the questions above, then we could have a role for you.
Within a new innovative ambulance service initiative, we are now recruiting Dental Nurses to our Contact Centres. These new roles will ensure we deliver expert support and advice to our patients, as well as offering expert clinical advice and support to our existing operational staff and clinicians working within our clinical assessment service.
Your role will include remote clinical assessment, to ensure the best possible patient care to those who contact our service with dental and general health enquiries and needs.
You will be trained in the use of our clinical systems and triage pathways.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical dental advice to patients using the trust Clinical Decision Support dental triage system.
Provide remote dental triage to appropriate incidents and where applicable provide home management instructions, medication advice and health information to patients to discharge patients from the care of the service, in line with the NHS Pathways call triage system.
To work as part of the Clinical Multi-Disciplinary team in providing quality, evidence-based health care to meet the immediate needs of the patient
About us
Why Work At South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust?
We offer:
- Base Salary - Full time Band 4 - £25,147 to £27,596 per annum, pro rata for part time
- Unsocial hours enhancements (in accordance to NHS Terms & Conditions Agenda for Change Section 2 2022/2023)
- Generous NHS Pension Scheme
- 35 days' annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays (pro rata)
Progression Opportunities
We offer excellent training and career development opportunities for ambitious employees both within the Call/Emergency Operations Centres and also within the wider Trust.
Please be aware, this role will begin at our new premises in Bredgar Road, Gillingham from July 2023 .
This new multi-purpose ambulance centre will comprise of a Make Ready Centre - a vehicle preparation system which sees specialist teams of staff employed to clean, restock and maintain the Trust's fleet - and our 999 EOC East and NHS 111 IUC operations teams, currently based in Coxheath and Ashford, on the upper two floors of a modern, open-plan office complete with training, rest and wellbeing facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicant Requirements
Successful applicants will demonstrate high levels of personal commitment to facilitate the delivery of a patient-focused service.
We need individuals who have the drive and passion to make a difference to peoples lives, but also the personal resilience to work in a high-pressured environment.
You will need to be able to work well within a team and independently, have fast/accurate typing skills and have a good standard of education.
Successful candidates should hold a NEBDN approved qualification at Level 3, be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) with a minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
This role is suited to people who remain calm under pressure, are good at problem-solving and have excellent interpersonal skills, with an empathetic nature.
Our comprehensive training programme:
- 8 weeks training programme (7.5 hours per day unless otherwise stated)
- Full time during training
- Has a must attend policy, with no annual leave being permitted during this period.
- Comprises of classroom and observing and mentoring periods within the working environment.
- Is designed to fully support the full transition to call handling independently.
- You will be required to take and pass all assessments during your training in order to pass the course. You will be offered a resit should you fail, if unsuccessful at the resit your employment will be terminated with the Trust.
Further Information
All successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check for adults and children.
Our courses are in high demand and we only have limited capacity per course, we do receive large amounts of applications, therefore we cannot offer every application an interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicant Requirements
Successful applicants will demonstrate high levels of personal commitment to facilitate the delivery of a patient-focused service.
We need individuals who have the drive and passion to make a difference to peoples lives, but also the personal resilience to work in a high-pressured environment.
You will need to be able to work well within a team and independently, have fast/accurate typing skills and have a good standard of education.
Successful candidates should hold a NEBDN approved qualification at Level 3, be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) with a minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
This role is suited to people who remain calm under pressure, are good at problem-solving and have excellent interpersonal skills, with an empathetic nature.
Our comprehensive training programme:
- 8 weeks training programme (7.5 hours per day unless otherwise stated)
- Full time during training
- Has a must attend policy, with no annual leave being permitted during this period.
- Comprises of classroom and observing and mentoring periods within the working environment.
- Is designed to fully support the full transition to call handling independently.
- You will be required to take and pass all assessments during your training in order to pass the course. You will be offered a resit should you fail, if unsuccessful at the resit your employment will be terminated with the Trust.
Further Information
All successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check for adults and children.
Our courses are in high demand and we only have limited capacity per course, we do receive large amounts of applications, therefore we cannot offer every application an interview.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold a NEBDN approved qualification, National Diploma/Diploma in Dental Nursing Level 3 or equivalent
- General Dental Council (GDC) Registered Dental Nurse with minimum of 2 years post registration
- Experience working as a Dental nurse in either the community or acute setting
Desirable
- Certificate in Oral Health Education
Knowledge
Essential
- High levels of current clinical knowledge
- Commitment and evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Knowledge of ambulance service working and clinical practice and procedures
- Understanding of call handling and telephone triage
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of clinically supervising, mentoring/training junior staff and sharing knowledge and skills o
- oExperience of patient management within the acute care setting
Desirable
- oExperience of liaising with multi-disciplinary agencies
- oExperience within telephone triage utilising a clinical decision support system
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold a NEBDN approved qualification, National Diploma/Diploma in Dental Nursing Level 3 or equivalent
- General Dental Council (GDC) Registered Dental Nurse with minimum of 2 years post registration
- Experience working as a Dental nurse in either the community or acute setting
Desirable
- Certificate in Oral Health Education
Knowledge
Essential
- High levels of current clinical knowledge
- Commitment and evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Knowledge of ambulance service working and clinical practice and procedures
- Understanding of call handling and telephone triage
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of clinically supervising, mentoring/training junior staff and sharing knowledge and skills o
- oExperience of patient management within the acute care setting
Desirable
- oExperience of liaising with multi-disciplinary agencies
- oExperience within telephone triage utilising a clinical decision support system
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
