Post:EDS Dental Nurse
Pay:£17.32 per hour - Weekend & Bank Holiday Enhancements
Hours:Bank/Zero Hours Contract - Evenings and Weekends
Accountable to:Senior Dental Nurse
Base:Across both sites: Barbara Castle Way Health Centre, Blackburn
& St Peter Centre, Burnley
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Individual to develop their dental nursing career within our Emergency Dental Service.
We are looking for a person who enjoys urgent dental care/the unexpected elements of dentistry but will take satisfaction from the less routine side of dentistry. An honest person, who cares about their work & their team members.
Overview of Role:
* £17.32 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 to 9.00pm
o Saturday/Sunday & BH: 1.15pm to 5pm
* 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.
* To work across both site at Barbara Castle Way Health Centre, Blackburn & St Peter Centre, Burnley.
The Service:
We are commissioned by Lancashire and South Cumbria, Integrated Care Board to provide NHS urgent and emergency dental care 365 days, at multiple sites across Lancashire. We believe in making a difference, and pride ourselves on delivering high quality patient care. We currently have services operating in Blackpool, Morecambe, Blackburn and Burnley. We operate out of hours, evenings, weekends & bank holidays 365 days per year.
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
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
Confidentiality
In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff or other health service business. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and /or
treatment of the patient. If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to the authority of a person or body asking for information of this nature, you must seek advice from your manager. Similarly, no
information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be
divulged to anyone without the proper authority having first been given. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded by FCMS as serious or gross misconduct which could result in disciplinary action being taken against you.
Health and Safety/Security
Staff must be aware of and adhere to the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act and to ensure their own safety and the safety of colleagues and patients. Staff must also be aware of the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must attend a fire lecture annually. It is the duty of every employee to work in such a way that accidents to themselves and to others are avoided, and to co-operate in maintaining their place of work in a tidy and safe condition, thereby minimising risk.
Employees will, therefore, refer any matters of concern through their respective managers. Similarly, it is each persons responsibility to ensure a secure environment and bring any breaches of security to the attention of their manager.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children
All members of staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults and children in all relevant areas of their work. This includes attendance at relevant training events and being aware of FCMS Safeguarding policy and procedures.
Non-Smoking Policy
GP Care operates a Non-Smoking Policy which limits smoking in the workplace. Employees are required to observe the rules laid down in the policy and failure to do so may result in disciplinary being taken.
Equal Opportunities
FCMS (NW) Ltd has given its full commitment to the adoption and promotion of the key principles of equal opportunities contained within current legislation and the companys Equality and Diversity Policy.
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy
DBS - This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption 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. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence). For Driver positions you will also be required to undertake a Driver check.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications
Essential
GDC registered Dental Nurse
Desirable
Experience in an emergency dental setting preferable.
Knowledge or experience of Dentally software.
Experience
Essential
NVQ L3 or equivalent in Dental Nursing.
Desirable
Dental Radiography
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.
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