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SalaryThis post is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Dental Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team and support the speciality to ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care.
This is an opportunity for you to develop and expand your skills as a Dental Nurse to the next level You will be working alongside and under the instruction of Consultants and other qualified clinicians. Clinics you will assist in are Oral surgery, Local procedures, Orthodontics and specialised clinics such as Orthognathic, Alveolar, Implants and Cleft lip and Palate. You will need to be a highly motivated and confident member of the team . Our patients will expect and will receive the highest standards of professional care by all members of the team.
The successful candidate will be a Dental nurse interested in developing the service to our patients. We would welcome any applications for this Band 4 role for those with experience in Dental nursing and or Orthodontics .We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and a compassionate nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to help us to deliver outstanding treatment and care to our patients.
You will be responsible for the setting up and closing/cleaning down of your surgery and maintaining stock levels. Assisting clinicians and providing chairside assistance in all clinics within our specialty. To act as scrub nurse in our local procedure clinics. Prepare medical and orthodontic notes for clinics and obtain investigation results from computerised systems. We are looking for someone who is team focused.
The candidate needs Active registration with The General Dental council (GDC)
Evidence of ongoing professional Development through maintenance of professional CPD.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
This is a cross-site specialty with all staff required to work at both Cheltenham General Hospital & Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Free transport is provided for trust staff by shuttle-bus between the two sites.
- The post holder is responsible for cleaning and maintaining a safe working environment using measures to reduce cross infection as per Trust policy.
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers, relatives and all members of the multidisciplinary team, including giving of advice and information following procedures or relating to specialist conditions, including emotionally distressing situations.
- To organise and provide chair-side nursing in orthodontic and oral surgery clinics.
- To act as a scrub nurse and assist with procedures under local anaesthetic, lasting up to an hour.
- To organise, prepare and assist with specialist clinics eg. Orthognatic, oncology, alveolar, cleft lip and palate.
- Provide care, under supervision for patients with appearance altering conditions such as Cleft palate, facial cancers and facial trauma.
- Prepare medical and orthodontic notes for clinics including obtaining investigation results from computerised systems eg MRI and CAT scans.
- Obtaining prostheses from the maxilla-facial laboratory.
- Responsible for recording and storage of patient study models of patients currently undergoing treatment
- Work on either site as the workload demands and on the instruction of the nurse in charge. Take on responsibility for personal development and support the development and supervision of others by developing and maintaining specialist knowledge of Therapy practice
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to less experiences/ non registered and new staff at all times
- Work proactively to ensure that every patient attendance meets the patient’s expectations and needs with timely undertaking of procedure and effective communication with relatives, patients and carers.
