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Qualified Dental Nurse - Oral Surgery/OMFS - Band 4 | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,944 - £34,937 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 April 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7054081/259-4423795RLH-02AD |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a GDC registered dental nurse to join our Dental services at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. The Royal London Dental Hospital services adult and paediatric patients in one of the largest trauma centres in London, providing first-class dental and oral healthcare in an internationally renowned teaching hospital.
This is a full-time role, Mon-Fri, with the opportunity to gain experience across our multiple services:
• OMFS/Oral Surgery
• Orthodontics
• Oral Medicine
• Restorative Dentistry
• Special Care Dentistry
• Paediatric Dentistry
• Undergraduate Dentistry
• Emergency 111 Clinic
• Dental General Anaesthesia Department
We are looking for nurses with GDC registration and some post-qualification experience, who have a compassionate approach to care and are looking to expand their knowledge and experience amongst a diverse, multidisciplinary team.
We are passionate about supporting the development of our staff, with subscription training packages to support our nurses complete their GDC eCPD, in-house training, and support for staff undertaking post-graduate qualifications within their respective specialties.
Compassionate care and supporting the development and clinical excellence of our staff is at the heart of everything we do. If you are passionate for providing compassionate care and are looking to expand your knowledge and experience within a supportive environment, we would welcome an application from you.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Professional/Clinical Responsibilities
• Act in accordance with the General Dental Council, (and other)
Relevant professional codes of practice and statutory guidelines and be accountable for your actions at all times.
• Work clinically for at least 90% of contracted hours
• Work with the Senior Staff to ensure high standards of clinical care are
Delivered to patients
• Undertake appropriate training and practice to ensure you have the right skills and are competent.
• Are responsible for keeping the environment clutter free, clean and raising issues of concern in the interest of staff and patient safety.
Information Management
• Input, store and provide information and data using agreed procedures and in line with Trust Policy and Data Protection and Confidentiality Legislation.
• Uses appropriate methods to obtain and record data when required
• Stores data and information safely and in a way that allows for retrieval within appropriate time-scales
Education and Professional Development
• Continue own personal professional development and actively participate in activities for further professional development as agreed with the Dental Nurse Manager, and which are in line with the current practice of dentistry, teaching and legislation.
• Prepare and participate in the annual performance review and appraisal.
• Ensure continuous update of knowledge and training in medical devices, including working knowledge of the dental chair, dental chair accessories and other dental equipment.
• Reflect on performance within own role and professional boundaries and maintain a professional portfolio to reflect evidence based practice.
• Undertake Trust mandatory training e.g. fire, basic life support, manual handling etc
• Keep up to date with developments and participate in practical dental training sessions, where available.
• Generate and use appropriate learning opportunities and apply own learning to the development of the dental service
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment. Encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from good practice.
• Alert Senior Clinicians and the Dental Nurse Manager to issues which may affect learning, development and clinical performance.
• Provide support and guidance to members of the team when the need arises and at the appropriate time.
• Implement learning and development programmes that are consistent with good learning practice and are in line with current legislation, policy and procedure.
• Keep up to date with current legislation
• Monitor the effectiveness of programmes and use the outcomes to suggest changes to improve future training delivery..
Communication
• Communicate with a range of people on a daily basis some of whom may have communication barriers.
• Act as a role model for effective communication to junior staff and feedback to line manager when communication is considered inappropriate.
• Assist with communication problems which may be presented by patients or their relatives and help the dental undergraduates to resolve these issues.
• Communicate with patients and their relatives in a polite and confident manner
• Develop and maintain communication with people, staff and multidisciplinary teams about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations.
• Disseminate information to staff, patients and dental undergraduates, where necessary.
• Participate in departmental team meetings and promote own thoughts and ideas
• Liaise with Clinicians, and the Dental Nurse Manager on matters relating to dental undergraduate clinical training and support
Health, Safety and Security
• Maintain knowledge of Health and Safety regulations, including COSHH and its application in an Outreach setting, infection control policies, fire regulations, medical emergency procedures, and incident reporting.
• Develop, promote and maintain an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security.
• Identify processes and systems which promote own and others health, safety and security in the work environment.
• Take appropriate action when there are issues with health, safety and security.
• Make the Dental Nurse Manager aware when there are persistent issues which put health, safety and security at risk; ensuring that all trainees engage in appropriate exercises and training to update and extend knowledge and skills
Service Improvement
• Contribute to the development of clinical governance.
• Participate in reviews of current systems and approaches, identifying and evaluating areas for potential improvement and suggesting ideas for changes to the Dental Nurse Manager and Senior clinicians.
• Participate in team meetings and present ways of implementing improvements in the quality and delivery of dental services.
• In conjunction with senior colleagues in the interdisciplinary team, be aware of the need for change, the implications of any change and be an effective change agent.
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Mar 2025