Band 4 Dental Nurse role at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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.
Vacancy details:
22.5 hours / 0.6 WTE
Working days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Based in the Sandwell locality at the Lyng Health Centre
Dental nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Community Dental Services (CDS) to provide high‑quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities, including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites, and at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH).
Responsibilities
* Provide chair‑side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
* Carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.
* Prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre‑ and post‑operative instructions as required.
* Undertake general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs.
* Ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
* Provide chair‑side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
* Provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
* Assist the Senior Dental Nurse and Specialty Nurses in the smooth running of the dental service.
* Support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
* Support and supervise all apprentice nurses and undergraduate groups.
What We Offer
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. We deliver over 100 clinical services in people’s homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities, including a leading dental hospital and School of Dentistry. We are committed to integrated, personalised care rooted in local communities and aim to deliver outstanding integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Contact Details
Kim Lawrence
Senior Dental Nurse – Sandwell / Lyng HC
Email: kim.lawrence5@nhs.net
Telephone: 0121 466 5593
If you want to join our team and work with a foundation trust continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, contact us today.
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