Post: EDS Dental Nurse Pay: £17.67 per hour Weekend & Bank Holiday Enhancements Hours: Maternity cover (Jan 26 31st July 26) Evening and Weekends Accountable to: Senior Dental Nurse Base: Whitegate Drive Health Centre, Blackpool Closing Date: 16th December 2025 Overview of Role: £17.67 per hour with enhancements for weekends and bank holiday shifts. Bank/Zero Hours contract, flexible rotas, most nurses alongside other employment. Looking for approx. 1/2 shifts per week, and able to cover occasionally at short notice. Shift patterns (may vary): o Monday to Friday: 5.45pm - 9.30pm o Saturday & BH: 10:15am - 6pm o Sunday: 10:15am - 6pm or 2:05pm - 5:50pm Main duties of the job The Service aims to provide patients with treatment to relieve pain, swellings, and the management of Injuries/Traumas. Caring and Compassionate personality is extremely important. Confident dental nurse able to work as a team in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment. About us The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services. Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do. Come and be a part of our amazing team! We offer NHS Pension Cycle to Work Scheme Career Development Opportunities Attendance Bonus Staff Benefit Scheme Free Tea & Coffee Eye Care Contributions Job description Job responsibilities Day to Day Duties to include, but not exhausted : To perform high quality dental nursing in a safe and effective manner alongside the dentist, within the scope of practice of a dental nurse. Confident and competent dental nurse with working in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment. Good organisational and time management skills here is invaluable. Being able to think on your feet but remaining polite and professional is essential; there are sometimes difficult situations that may arise where you may need to take the lead. Adaptability is essential. Confident in working with variety of different staff, it wont always be the same team members your rostered with. Ability to calm and reassure nervous and anxious patients a large portion of our service users havent seen a dentist in a long time and usually come to us as a last resort. Its essential you are able to work within a team and be a trustworthy member. High standard of infection control and be up to date with HTM01-05. To establish and maintain productive working relationships with all members of the dental team, supporting & helping one another. Contribute with suggestions and ideas to make improvements in quality and outcomes for patients. Assist with any reasonable duties requested. Our key expectations are: Self-awareness Living authentically Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation Openness What you see is what you get Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness Ability to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next. Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA: Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy! Awesome: We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome! Humble: Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious! Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity Person Specification Experience Essential GDC registered Dental Nurse Desirable Experience in an emergency dental setting preferable. Knowledge or experience of Dentally software. Personal Qualities Essential Honest Confidence with patients and unexpected situations Teamworking and able to work autonomously. Negotiation and influencing skills. Act on own initiative Organisational and communication skills. Desirable IT Skills Experience of picking up safeguarding concerns & being able to ask probing questions in a delicate manger to obtain important information. Qualifications Essential NVQ L3 or equivalent in Dental Nursing. Honest Confidence with patients and unexpected situations Teamworking and able to work autonomously. Negotiation and influencing skills. Act on own initiative Organisational and communication skills. Desirable Dental Radiography IT Skills Experience of picking up safeguarding concerns & being able to ask probing questions in a delicate manger to obtain important information. 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration.