Buchanan Centre
NHS Lanarkshire are recruiting Qualified Dental Nurses
The Role
The post holder works as part of a team of Qualified Dental Nurses and provides full surgery and administrative support to Clinicians (Public Dental Officers, Senior Dental Officers, Consultant Orthodontists, Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, Associate Specialists, training grade dentists, SpRs, SHOs, Dental Hygienists & Dental Therapists).
The duties include all the duties normally expected of a Qualified Dental Nurse in terms of chair/bed side, surgery and theatre clinical assistance and administrative assistance.
The post holders is expected to work in a variety of settings across Lanarkshire, with any clinician, with any type of patient undergoing a wide variety of treatments (examinations and assessments, restorations, extractions, surgical procedures, prosthodontic treatment, preventive treatments, x-rays, orthodontic treatment, treatment under local anaesthetic, sedation (oral, inhalation and intravenous) general anaesthetic etc).
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
1. Hold a Nationally recognised Dental Nurse Qualification.
2. Be on the GDCs register for Dental Nurses
3. Have a level of specialist theoretical knowledge and practical skills that will enable them to work with a variety of clinicians and respond to any situation that develops, including emergencies
4. Experience working in a dental surgery. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment and experience of working as a dental nurse in more than one branch of dentistry would be advantageous
5. Have experience of working with a variety of clinicians in a variety of settings and be able to confidently assist the dentist to provide a full range of dental treatment
6. The postholders experience will ensure they have a level of understanding of and can anticipate the support the dentist and the patient needs so that treatment can be provided in a safe, economical, efficient and effective manner.
7. Commitment to continuing Professional Development
8. Experience in clinical governance including audit
9. The ability to work with people and have a range of patient management skills and good interpersonal skills
10. Able to communicate well at all levels good reporting skills verbal and written
11. A flexible and adaptable approach to work
12. Abel to demonstrate self motivation, use initiative and accept responsibility
13. Good organizational and administrative skills.
14. The ability to take direction and work as part of a team through procedures and protocols to meet agreed targets.
15. The ability, when necessary, to use initiative, intuition and know how in imaginative and creative ways to overcome problems and stimulate change.
16. To be able to cope confidentially with a designated work remit, but yet remain a part of the wider dental team in Lanarkshire.
17. IT skills, be able to use a computer and have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and an understanding of the Data Protection act
18. Knowledge of dental procedures, new techniques and up to date knowledge about materials.
19. Knowledge of NHS Lanarkshire Policies and administrative procedures
20. P.D.P.
21. Awareness of patient confidentiality, child protection issues, the Disability Discrimination Act and the Adults with Incapacity Act
22. Manual handling skills
23. Must have a valid full driving licence and access to a car
24. CPR skills
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
Contract type
Permanent
1 x Full time - 37 hour post
1 x Part time - 22.5 hour post
Please note that for the part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in the Buchanan Centre.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!