Outreach Dental Nurse

Posting date:	18 September 2025
Salary:	£29,500.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£29500.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	29 September 2025
Location:	Bodmin, PL31 1AH
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	P0017-25-0022

Summary

Job Summary: A varied, skill-mix role that combines routine dental nursing duties with the delivery of flexible oral health projects to a variety of patient groups outside of the typical surgery environment. This may include working on our Mobile Dental Unit. The post holder will support the delivery of Smile Togethers Outreach programme which includes the Oral Health Promotion Service for Children and Adults with additional needs across Cornwall, bringing educational visits and fluoride varnishing to children in areas of high decay across Cornish communities. You will work to educate and promote oral health to other health/non-health care professionals working with vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups and engage with other audiences as appropriate. This may require the delivery of online education and you will also be involved with other outreach programmes as they are developed across the county. Key accountabilities: Delivering the Oral Health Promotion programme to pre-determined communities across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, achieving/exceeding agreed targets Delivering oral health presentations to children, parents/guardians/carers, adults with additional needs, other health and social care professionals and other audiences as required Raising awareness of oral health and risk factors for dental disease in schools and local communities Encouraging dental attendance for those children and adults not receiving regular care Recording and sharing feedback and evaluation to continually improve all our services Data capture, recording and reporting from locations visited on a regular basis and reporting formally on a quarterly basis Ensuring all policies, protocols and guidelines are being implemented and followed, supporting the development of new policies as required for the Outreach team to continuously improve the quality of the programme Working with other members of the Outreach team in developing this valuable service, which will entail working in partnership with other health professionals Providing dental nursing support to dentists and therapists across all areas of Smile Together, as required. When dental nursing, the post holder will be expected to deliver a high standard of clinical support and making independent judgments with regard to equipment, instruments and materials, as would be expected of an experienced, qualified dental nurse Actively engaging with Smile Together teams and participating in audit activities, planning and development sessions, and in-house meetings etc, playing an integral role in the company as a whole Being responsible for safe working and practice on a day-to-day basis in sites of clinical activity, ensuring compliance with clinical governance and legislation, appropriate health, safety and security procedures within the work area, and reporting accidents, incidents and near misses using the Smile Together incident reporting procedure Travel will be required to and from various locations to work on the outreach programmes and when needed to provide dental nurse cover at other locations. Undertaking other reasonable duties as requested by the Outreach and Dental Nurse Development Manager Maintaining and developing your clinical competency and continuing professional/personal development according to agreed training needs via our Smile Together Training Academy Recognising and assisting with any medical emergencies Working alongside clinical and professional support colleagues in facilitating ongoing organisational change and development Playing a valuable part in contributing to the success of our organisation Professionally representing Smile Together as an ambassador for the company in line with our vision, mission and values, leading by example and demonstrating related behaviours