Dental Nurse | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum if part time then pro rota |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM1 7ET |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6181886/390-MED-BR-3048 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Dental Nurse with GDC registration, to join our hardworking team within the Oral, Orthodontic & Maxillofacial Surgery Outpatients, at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust's Broomfield Hospital site.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated qualified Dental Nurse to work within our busy Outpatient Department on a permanent basis. The post is for 15 hours working over 2 days, with the need to be flexible.
If you are looking to work in a varied and exciting setting, then we want to hear from you!
The successful candidate will work closely with the whole team to develop and continue their skills.
Duties will include:
• Working within a mixed role multidisciplinary team
• Preparing clinical areas and specialist equipment
• Assisting in minor oral surgery, minor Maxillofacial surgery, and orthodontics treatments
• Assisting in clinics for patients with Head and Neck Cancers, TMJ conditions, Facial deformity and complex dental treatment.
• Assisting and maintaining efficient and effective care for patients in line with best practice and current guidelines
• Self-motivation and excellent communication skills
This role has the opportunity to involve various professional development opportunities. We offer a supportive working environment, and we are committed to the development of our staff.
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
• Chaperoning and Assisting clinicians in consultation and treatment clinics this includes minor oral surgery and orthodontic procedures
• supporting the other dental nurses.
• adhering to infection prevention polices and ensuring a high standard of cross infection is maintained
• preparing clinical notes for the session
• Maintain and rotate stock levels.
• communicating and supporting other supporting services within the unit.
• providing patients with pre and post operative instructions related to the treatment undertaken.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024