Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Senior Dental Nurse
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Opportunity for a Full Time Registered Dental Nurse
This post is an opportunity for a Full Time Registered Dental Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team and support the speciality to ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care.
About the Role
The successful candidate will be a Registered Dental Nurse interested in developing the service to our patients. We would welcome any applications for this Band 5 role from those with 2 years post qualification experience in Dental Nursing and hold a recognised specialised post registration qualification such as Dental Sedation Nursing, Orthodontic Dental Nursing or Oral Health Education.
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to help us to deliver outstanding treatment and care to our patients.
This is a great opportunity for you to develop and expand your skills as a dental nurse to the next level.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in our Orthodontics, Restorative and specialised clinics such as MDT clinic, as well as Oral surgery clinics, Day surgery theatre list, minor oral surgery operations and nurse led clinics.
- Work in our busy outpatient department, delivering a high standard of care to a wide group of patients and sub-specialities.
- Provide a high level of dental nursing care throughout the department, including patients with special needs, vulnerable children and adults, the elderly, mentally and physically disabled patients, patients suffering from terminal illness, infectious risk, medically compromised, anxious/phobic patients, and people with challenging behaviour.
- Deliver a high standard of chairside assistance across the whole range of dental specialities within the department, supporting all grades of clinicians. Maintain high standards of infection control throughout.
- Be adaptable to perform these duties and able to work flexibly across the Trust sites.
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Requirements
- Hold and maintain registration with The General Dental Council (GDC) as a Dental Care Professional.
- Show evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional CPD.
About Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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Why Work for Us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong.
- We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
Our Vision and Mission
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Harriet Bowen
- Job title: Principle Dental Nurse
- Email address: harriet.bowen@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01296 315690
We welcome informal visits to the department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, please contact the above details to arrange a visit.
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