Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse

Evasion Design; Walsall; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000

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Job Summary
Are you looking for a new exciting career within the NHS? Are you patient focused and want to deliver high quality dental care? We are seeking enthusiastic, hard-working dental nurses to join the Community Dental Nursing Team.

We currently have a vacancy for a Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse:
15.0 hours / 0.4 WTE / Working days to be Monday & Tuesday. Based in the Walsall locality at the Brace Street Clinic.
There is a requirement to hold a post-registration qualification, certificate or equivalent in Dental Radiography and provide evidence of continual professional development, where relevant.

Working flexibly within the dental team to provide high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Community Dental Services (CDS) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required, and at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH).

Delivery of high-quality clinical nursing support for the specialty across Dental Services Division clinical sites to respond to the complex needs of the patients that meet the specialty criteria.

• To provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
• To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.

Main duties of the job

Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service and manage patients with complex dental, social and medical needs.

• Support the taking of dental x-rays, clinical photographs, and impressions.
• Support recording of patient pre-operative assessments, e.g., height, weight, and blood pressure.
• Liaise with the Tutor Dental Nurses, Dental Nurse Manager, and other Senior Dental Nurses to ensure correct training needs are met for staff and apprentice dental nurses within the service.
• Stock control/rotation and the ordering of dental consumables as required from appropriate suppliers.
• Prepare and maintain specialised dental equipment and dispose of clinical waste including bodily fluids.
• In conjunction with the Senior Dental Nurse, be responsible for ensuring high standards of Infection Prevention & Control and Decontamination processes.
• Maintain patient confidentiality; support the management of concerns/complaints and implementation of audit outcomes.
• Report, liaise and prioritise defective equipment to the Estates Department.
• Prepare clinical environments including notes, x-rays, models, and relevant equipment and clinical materials.
• Support departmental inductions in the specialty for all new staff and students of varying grades within the specialty.
• In conjunction with the Senior Dental Nurse ensure that all daily mandatory checks are carried out and recorded including managing the clinical environment.

About Us
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre, and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Date posted: 19 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 820-7057419-DEN

Job locations: Brace Street Health Centre, 63 Brace Street, Walsall, WS1 3PS

Person Specification

Education

• A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council i.e. NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing or Dental Nursing National Certificate in Dental Nursing / Gained entry onto GDC register via grand parenting (pre-2008)
• Registered with the General Dental Council
• Hold a post-registration qualification certificate or equivalent, and provide evidence of continual professional development, where relevant: Dental Radiography

Experience

• Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
• Significant evidence of continued professional development relevant to the Specialty.
• Computer literacy
• Demonstrate experience of supporting undergraduates and post-registration staff to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standards.

Skills/knowledge

• Ability to create & deliver training materials etc. PowerPoint Presentations/Tutorials

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address: Brace Street Health Centre, 63 Brace Street, Walsall, WS1 3PS
Employer's website: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT