Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview The post is based at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Fully registered with the General Dental Council with Personal Development Plan and CPD records. The successful candidate must demonstrate an attitude that respects and values service users and also the core values of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate both our Trust values and our culture of compassionate care. (Hours are worked from Monday - Friday including evening clinics.) Advert The post holder will work predominantly within the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Maxillofacial and Orthodontics. Role model behaviours in accordance with the Trust Behavioural Framework. Ensure best possible dental nursing care and practice including those with complex medical, physical and emotional needs. Provide close support to dentistry, maintaining high standards of patient care and infection control. Learn new skills in line with new practices, qualifications and modernisation. Have commitment to continuing professional development. Working for our organisation We have already earned our place as one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and safely perform over 13,000 surgical procedures. Our catchment area has a population of over 7m, stretching from Cumbria, through Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire, parts of Shropshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Children from virtually every part of the UK, and also from around the world, visit Alder Hey for specialist treatment. As a result, we are recognised as a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and have been designated as a National Centre for craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery by the Department of Health. With a world class £237 million facility that opened in October 2015 we are now looking to recruit a motivated and committed Dental Nurse in Paediatric Dentistry within the Division of Surgical Care. It is the primary objective of this post to contribute to patient care within the specialty of Paediatric Dentistry as a member of the multidisciplinary team. Being part of Alder Hey can provide you with staff benefits including Lease Car Scheme, Smoking Cessation Services, Childcare and Family Support, Childcare vouchers and the new Electronics home salary sacrifice scheme. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description for the full duties and the main responsibilities of the role. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599 Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.