The Senior Dental Nurse will work within a skilled dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service.
The Senior Dental Nurse will be responsible for the efficient operation in the Community Dental Services within the Birmingham Locality and work alongside Specialist Dental Nurses to support the Division's aim of providing high quality care for patients. Post holders will be expected to work flexibly across different sites/departments where dental treatment is provided.
There is a requirement to work autonomously to manage a team and use significant discretion when clinical and staffing issues arise.
Main duties of the job
The role involves maintaining high standards of patient care, supporting dental services, managing clinical duties, ensuring equipment maintenance, and adhering to health and safety protocols. It includes staff training, auditing, risk management, incident handling, and liaising with departments for service improvement. Leadership duties include managing Band 4 dental nurses, supervising apprentices, conducting performance reviews, ensuring compliance with GDC guidelines, and handling staff performance and absence. The position also involves training staff, ensuring mandatory training, mentoring, and evaluating apprentices. Budgetary responsibilities include stock control, ordering consumables, and supporting service needs.
Please see detailed job description and personal specification for roles and responsibilities.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* A Dental Nurse qualification that enables registration with the General Dental Council i.e. NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing or Dental Nursing National Certificate in Dental Nursing / Gained entry onto GDC register via grand-parenting (pre 2008)
* Registered with the General Dental Council
* Hold a Level 3 Management Qualification e.g. ILM (or willing to work towards) or equivalent
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Possess a recognised Post Qualification e.g. Dental Sedation Nursing, Dental Implant Nursing, Dental Radiography, Orthodontics
Experience
* Significant experience in a wide range of dentistry
* Relevant experience in day-to-day management of staff
* Demonstrate full commitment to supporting undergraduates to deliver high quality patient care and achieve their required educational standard
* Evidence of experience in service redesign and change of clinical financial management
Skills/knowledge
* Evidence understanding of clinical stock/budget management
* Evidence of advanced clinical skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* Able to lead and work as a team member
* Evidence of managing complex situations and patient complaints
* Evidence of an ability to motivate others
* Adaptable and responsive to change
* Ability to create and deliver training materials etc. Power Point Presentations/Tutorials
* Ability to be approachable
* Ability to show compassionate and empathy
* Ability to display professionalism
* Ability to positive attitude
* Be Committed to the Profession and our clients
* Be Productive
* Show Reliability
Other job requirements
* Flexibility
* Ability to deal with emotional & distressing situations
* Ability to meet travel requirements of the role
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.
£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum (pro rata)
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