Band 4 Civilian Dental Nurse

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are searching for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 4 Dental Nurse to join our supportive and friendly team at DPHC Dental Centre, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

DPHC Dental Centre (DC) is an inclusive and dedicated organisation working hard to provide excellent dental care to our entitled personnel.

This is a full time role comprising of 37.5 hours per week. If this sounds like it could be for you, please apply!

Benefits Include:

An NHS pension
Free parking
Discounted access to fitness facilities
Free laundry of clinical wear
Free clinical foot wear
An inclusive working environment

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide clinical and administrative support for the provision of dental care in Defence Primary Healthcare Dental Centre (DC) at MOD Lyneham, to enhance force generation and operational capability and minimise dental morbidity on operations.

About us

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Date posted

31 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-23-0476

Job locations

MOD Lyneham

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 4PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

Ensuring your surgeries are prepared appropriately for the days patients in accordance with current regulations.
Carrying out and record daily maintenance, servicing, and pre-use checks of dental equipment reporting defects in accordance with current equipment care policies.
Prepare, mix, and handle dental materials in accordance with manufacturers instructions. Adhering to Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations and Safety Data sheets.
Meeting the needs of the patients by monitoring, supporting, and reassuring each individual according to their specific needs, providing appropriate advice when required. This may include recognising and interpreting behaviours, especially those associated with anxious patients and dealing with them accordingly.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Allowances

Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA)
General Dental Council (GDC) registration renewal currently reimbursed
On-Call allowance

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

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If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Candidates who hold the qualifications but are not yet registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) are eligible to apply for this vacancy. However, if found successful it is a requirement that you are registered with the GDC prior to starting in the post.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:

NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

Due to COVID 19, there is now a requirement for dental clinical staff to be fit tested for a FFP3 mask, which has to be worn when managing a patient who is undergoing an aerosol generating procedure (AGP) the successful candidate will be fit tested prior to commencing employment.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. In-line with the NHS England approach, MOD is in the process of making full vaccination a condition of deployment for its healthcare workers employed across the UK. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination status during the recruitment process. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

Ensuring your surgeries are prepared appropriately for the days patients in accordance with current regulations.
Carrying out and record daily maintenance, servicing, and pre-use checks of dental equipment reporting defects in accordance with current equipment care policies.
Prepare, mix, and handle dental materials in accordance with manufacturers instructions. Adhering to Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations and Safety Data sheets.
Meeting the needs of the patients by monitoring, supporting, and reassuring each individual according to their specific needs, providing appropriate advice when required. This may include recognising and interpreting behaviours, especially those associated with anxious patients and dealing with them accordingly.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Allowances

Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA)
General Dental Council (GDC) registration renewal currently reimbursed
On-Call allowance