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Working Part time :  30 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has come up for a Registered Dental Nurse to join our current team within the Outpatient Department at The Countess of Chester Hospital. These posts are an exciting opportunity which involves supporting the Dental Nursing Team within our busy OMFU Department.

The OMFU Team work from 8am to 6 pm Monday to Friday with some weekend working. We are looking for someone flexible and dynamic to join our team.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

You will provide chair side assistance to dental staff who are training in Orthodontics and Maxilo Facial Dentistry and are experts in their fields. You will have the opportunity to work in theatres on local anesthetic cases. The ability to record sensitive information, report concerns and help with the administrative duties of a busy clinic are essential.

The post holders must have excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrate the Trusts behavioral standards whilst providing safe, kind and effective care.

Candidates who have already gained qualifications in radiography, sedation and oral health are especially welcome although not essential.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.                                                                 

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.