Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse (requires IV/IHS)
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Are you looking for a new and exciting position to support patient pathways and clinical excellence?
We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and forward-thinking Specialist Dental Nurse to join the Birmingham Community Dental Nursing team. We are a multi-disciplinary team that carries out a variety of different dental treatments under local anaesthetic, conscious sedation, and general anaesthesia.
We Are Looking To Recruit To The Post Below
Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse
- 22.5 hours / 0.6 WTE - permanent post
- Working days to be Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.
The post-holder must hold a Dental Sedation Certificate (IV and IHS), be up to date with Sedation training, and able to supply a copy of their CPD log relating to their Sedation specialism.
The post-holder must be flexible as travel to other sites/locations within the division may be required.
Responsibilities
- Support the clinical management of the dental specialty and ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care and that all Trust policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Delivery of high-quality clinical nursing support for the specialties across Dental Services Division clinical sites to respond to the complex needs of the patients that meet the specialty criteria.
- Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service and manage patients with complex dental, social, and medical needs.
- Stock control/rotation and the ordering of dental consumables as required from appropriate suppliers.
- Prepare and maintain specialized dental equipment and dispose of clinical waste including bodily fluids.
- Support recording of patient pre-operative assessments. E.g. height, weight, and blood pressure.
- Carry out any other duties relevant to this role specified by the Dental Nurse Manager.
- Identify relevant staff & student who require additional training within the specialty & escalate as appropriate.
- Support the School of Dental Nursing, University of Birmingham, School of Hygiene and Therapy, and relevant Heads of Service to provide team training for all disciplines.
- Adhere to procedures to support and maintain achieving national targets of compliance.
- Ensure to implement agreed, local Divisional, and Trust Policies.
- Implement outcomes in respect of Clinical Governance & Quality Improvement relating to the specialty.
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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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Beverly Taylor
Job title: Dental Nurse Manager
Email address: beverly.taylor2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07872415383
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