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We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL abb.vacancyrequests@wales.nhs.uk
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
Working closely with and providing support to the qualified staff in Gwent Community Dental Services (CDS) in order to ensure the smooth running of dental clinics ensuring safe patient focused care at all times. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade and responsibility of the post as required by the Dental Nurse Manager such as covering the dental helpline at Cwmbran dental clinic, when the Dental Helpline staff are on annual leave and/or sick leave.
Main duties of the job
30 hours per week, to be worked over 4 days Tuesday - Friday based at 19 Hills Health and Wellbeing Centre, Ringland, and covering the dental Helpline staff in Cwmbran clinic on annual leave and/or sick leave.
Oral Health Assistant is a post working closely with and providing support to the qualified staff in the Community Dental Services (CDS). Duties include reception and administration, assisting dental nurses in the decontamination process.
We are currently looking for an experienced person with customer care and reception skills who are friendly enthusiastic and approachable individual based at 19 Hills Health and Wellbeing Centre, Ringland, although you may be expected to travel to the other dental clinics across Gwent. Travelling expenses are paid from your base or home.
This role involves you to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team. The post holder will be proficient in dealing with confidentiality issues and to be courteous at all times with excellent communication skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and workload. To be computer literate is essential. A flexible and co-operative approach to work will be important.
We can offer an environment geared to personal development, and are committed to providing development and training opportunities to succeed in the above roles.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well-being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
* Working knowledge of stock control systems
* Proven IT skills
* General Health and safety, fire, guidelines and protocols
Desirable criteria
* Understanding the principles of sterilization and decontamination in accordance with ABUHB policies and procedures
* Understand Tec. Memorandum 01-05 Decontamination in the dental surgery
* Knowledge of working with quality systems
Experience
Essential criteria
* Previous experience of working in a busy environment
* Team working and working with people
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience of decontamination and sterilization
* Previous experience of healthcare
* Working in a quality controlled environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* English and Mathematics GCSE grade C or above or equivalent
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Internship
Job function
* Job function
Health Care Provider
* Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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