Job summary
We are delighted to further our ability for skill-mixed teams and extend an invite to qualified Dental Nurses to join our Consultant-led Special Care Dentistry work, where you will be based at our Yeovil Dental Access Centre.
Our services are large enough to make your work variable and interesting, yet are small enough to make the experience of working here greatly satisfying and personal to you.
To give you an overview of our community dental service, please click on the following video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q62-Vf0osQ
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of a team to provide care for our service users, those patients with dental needs outside of general dental practice (GDP) care, as well as a variety of work including domiciliary, urgent care and minor oral surgery.
Your new colleagues are in place and waiting for you: whether you are starting out, are already experienced, or just looking for that special workplace which makes a huge difference to people's lives and is somewhere to call your work home.
* Community Dental Services are a Consultant-led service:
* Skill-mixed teams working together
* Variety of patients and settings to work within
* Pathways/links to acute hospital services across the County
* Participation in inhalation sedation and general anaesthetics (with appropriate experience and training)
* Supportive framework for Continuous Professional Development
* Excellent opportunities for career progression within this service and across the wider NHS.
All we ask of you is that you have an appropriate qualification in Dental Nursing and be registered with the General Dental Council, you are passionate about patient care (adults, children and special care), share our values, enjoy your work, and are a flexible team player.
About us
Working in the NHS offers many key benefits:
* Flexible permanent and fixed term contracts - either full or part time
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Participation in conscious sedation and GA pathways with appropriate training
* Supportive framework for Continuous Professional Development
* Enhanced benefits package over and above standard NHS (including salary sacrifice car leasing).
Job description Job responsibilities
If you would like to talk to someone about this role or arrange an informal visit to the clinic please contact Tanya Hurman via email: Tanya.hurman@somersetft.nhs.uk or by telephone: 07500 066545.
Please refer to the job description for full details on the role.
Person Specification Essential Criteria Essential
* Qualified Dental Nurse certificate
* Full registration with the GDC.
* Significant Dental Nurse Experience
* Experience of working within Primary Dental Care and/or Community Dental Service and/or General Dental Services.
* Car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance
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. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Yeovil Dental Access Centre
Yeovil
BA20 2BX
Employer's website
https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Date posted
18 July 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
184-LP5477714
Job locations
Yeovil Dental Access Centre
Yeovil
BA20 2BX
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