Job summary
Are you looking for a new exciting career within the NHS? Are you patient focussed and want to deliver high quality dental care?
We are seeking enthusiastic, hard working dental nurses to join the Birmingham Community Dental Nursing Team.
We currently have 2 vacancies available for a Band 4 Dental Nurse:
22.5 hours / 0.6 WTE / Working days to be Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Based in the Birmingham locality at the Attwood Green Health Centre.
7.5 hours / 0.2 WTE / Working day to be Friday. Based in the Birmingham locality at the Northfield Health Centre
To work flexibly within a dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and Community Dental Services (CDS) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required.
Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Services.
To provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.
Main duties of the job
Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.
To prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre and post operative instructions as required.
To undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs as required.
To ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
To provide chair side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
To provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
To assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.
To support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
To support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed description of the role, please see attached Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed description of the role, please see attached Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Dental Nursing Qualification
- Professional Registration with General Dental Council
- Hold a post-registration qualification certificate or equivalent, and provide evidence of continual professional development, where relevant
Desirable
- Recognised Teaching Qualification at Level 3 or equivalent
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
- Significant evidence of continued professional development relevant to the Specialty.
- Computer literacy
- Demonstrate experience of supporting undergraduates and post-registration staff to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standards.
Desirable
- Evidence service quality improvement bringing about improved patient outcomes.
- Evidence informal and formal assessment experience in an educational or healthcare environment
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Be Approachable
- Show Compassion
- Display Professionalism
- Have a Positive Attitude
- Be Committed to the Profession and our patients
- Be Efficient
- Show Leadership
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly across the dental clinical and educational service
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Dental Nursing Qualification
- Professional Registration with General Dental Council
- Hold a post-registration qualification certificate or equivalent, and provide evidence of continual professional development, where relevant
Desirable
- Recognised Teaching Qualification at Level 3 or equivalent
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
- Significant evidence of continued professional development relevant to the Specialty.
- Computer literacy
- Demonstrate experience of supporting undergraduates and post-registration staff to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standards.
Desirable
- Evidence service quality improvement bringing about improved patient outcomes.
- Evidence informal and formal assessment experience in an educational or healthcare environment
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Be Approachable
- Show Compassion
- Display Professionalism
- Have a Positive Attitude
- Be Committed to the Profession and our patients
- Be Efficient
- Show Leadership
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly across the dental clinical and educational service
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address
Attwood Green Health Centre
30 Bath Row
Birmingham
B15 1LZ
