EDS Dental Nurse Morecambe

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Service:

We are commissioned by Lancashire and South Cumbria, Integrated Care Board to provide NHS urgent and emergency dental care 365 days, at multiple sites across Lancashire. We believe in making a difference, and pride ourselves on delivering high quality patient care. We currently have services operating in Blackpool, Morecambe, Blackburn and Burnley. We operate out of hours, evenings, weekends & bank holidays 365 days per year.

Whats in it for you?

• Competitive rate of pay
• Weekend and bank holiday pay enhancements
• 28 days Annual Leave (equivalent)
• Flexibility of shifts
• Enhance your Dental Nursing skills in our EDS environment
• On call managers available at all times
• Brew Facilities

Overview of the role:

• £16.42 - £24.63 per hour
• Bank/Zero Hours contract, work with flexibility, for most alongside other employment. Looking for approx. 1 shift per week, and able to cover occasionally at short notice. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday evenings most in need.
• Shift patterns:
• Monday to Friday: 5.45pm to 9.30pm
• Saturday/Sunday & BH: 1.15pm to 5pm

The Service aims to provide patients with treatment to relieve pain, swellings, and the management of Injuries/Traumas. Caring and Compassionate personality is extremely important. Confident dental nurse able to work as a team in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment.

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Individual to develop their Dental Nursing skills within our Emergency Dental Service.

We are looking for a person who enjoys urgent dental care/the unexpected elements of dentistry. Enjoys working as part of a team, but able to work without direction.

Main Duties:

To perform high quality dental nursing in a safe and effective manner alongside the dentist, within the scope of practice of a dental nurse.

Confident and competent dental nurse with working in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment. Good organisational and time management skills here will place you in good stead.

Being able to think on your feet but remaining polite and professional is essential, there are sometimes difficult situations that may arise where you may need to take the lead. Adaptability is essential.

Confident in working with variety of different staff, it wont always be the same team members your rostered with.

Ability to calm and reassure nervous and anxious patients a large portion of our service users havent seen a dentist in a long time and usually come to us as a last resort.

• Its essential you are able to work within a team and be a trustworthy member.
• High standard of infection control and be up to date with HTM01-05.
• To establish and maintain productive working relationships with all members of the dental team, supporting & helping one another.
• Contribute with suggestions and ideas to make improvements in quality and outcomes for patients.

Assist with any reasonable duties requested.

The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staffto share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ L3 or equivalent in Dental Nursing.

Desirable

• Dental Radiography

Experience

Essential

• GDC registered Dental Nurse

Desirable

• Worked with in an EDS type setting.
• Knowledge or experience of Dentally software.

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential

• Strong knowledge and understanding of HTM01-05, CQC compliance.
• Teamworking and able to work autonomously.
• Negotiation and influencing skills.
• Act on own initiative
• Organisational and communication skills.

Desirable

• IT Skills

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).

Employer details

Employer name

FCMS

Address

Queen Victoria Centre

Thornton Road

Morecambe

Lancashire

LA4 5NN

Employer's website

http://www.fcms-nw.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)