Job summary
Employer heading
Dental Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 4
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
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Job overview
Job Title - Dental Nurse
Hours per week-37.5 hours a week
Perm/Fixed Term-Fixed Term
Salary - £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Closing Date-29 July 2024
Interview Date-7th August 2024
Applications are invited from experienced, flexible Dental Nurses who hold the National Certificate in Dental Nursing or NVQ level 3 in Oral Healthcare and holds a relevant current Qualification / Certificate in IHS, to join our friendly, enthusiastic team.
For an informal discussion or further information please contact Sue Compton, Dental Lead on 07917 894067
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot – ‘Where you make a difference’
Main duties of the job
We are recruiting to a Full time Fixed Term post; 37.5 hours but would be willing to discuss part time working The successful candidates will be based at Stratford Hospital . Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post. Experience in General Dental Practice is desirable. Car owner/driver essential.
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will a dental nurse, working within the Community, for the Warwickshire Special Care Dental Service and will be responsible for providing close support dental nursing duties to clinicians at your base site and also a variety of clinics throughout Warwickshire; to enable a full range of special care dentistry provision for our client groups. There may also be an opportunity to support the general anaesthetic and sedation services.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for this post. Experience in General Dental Practice is desirable. Car owner/driver essential.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Qualification and Professional Training • National Certificate for Dental Nurses • Registered with the GDC • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Skills and Abilities • Good organizational and time management skills. • Good negotiation/interpersonal skills • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines • Flexible approach • Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate others • Computer skills
Essential
Essential criteria
- Experience and Knowledge • Experience of working within the NHS and as a Qualified Dental Nurse • Working with patients with special care requirements, medically compromised and phobic or high risk. • Special care dental nursing in a community setting
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sue Compton
- Job title
- Dental Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917894067
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