Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse - Restorative
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Senior Dental Nurses
Senior Dental Nurses work within a skilled dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the integrated Dental Service, Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and /or additional external sites as required.
Role Overview
Senior Dental Nurses will be responsible for the efficient operation in the Restorative Departments within the Birmingham Dental Hospital and work alongside Specialist Dental Nurses to support the Division’s aim of providing high quality care for patients. Post holders will be expected to work flexibly across different sites/departments where dental treatment is provided.
There is a requirement to work autonomously to manage a team and use significant discretion when clinical and staffing issues arise.
Key Responsibilities
- Patient Care: Maintaining high standards of patient care.
- Support Services: Supporting dental services.
- Clinical Duties: Managing clinical duties.
- Equipment Maintenance: Ensuring equipment maintenance.
- Health and Safety: Adhering to health and safety protocols.
- Staff Training: Training staff and ensuring mandatory training.
- Auditing: Conducting audits.
- Risk Management: Managing risk.
- Incident Handling: Handling incidents.
- Liaising: Liaising with departments for service improvement.
- Leadership Duties:
- Managing Band 4 dental nurses.
- Supervising apprentices.
- Conducting performance reviews.
- Ensuring compliance with GDC guidelines.
- Handling staff performance and absence.
- Mentoring: Mentoring apprentices.
- Budgetary Responsibilities:
- Stock control.
- Ordering consumables.
- Supporting service needs.
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About Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC)
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (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, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation 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.
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If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Important
- Trac Account: Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Application Form: Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details and postal address.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Catrina Cole
- Job Title: Dental Nurse Manager
- Email Address: catrina.cole@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0121 466 5146
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