Overview
Main area Salaried Dental Service - Community Dental Service Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: To work across all sites and localities within the Community Dental Service & the Dental Teaching Unit in Porth. Hours: Full time or Part time options, 37.5 hours per week. At interview, candidates may be considered for either full or part time positions. Job ref 110-ACS246-0925.
Employer: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Employer type: NHS. Site: To be confirmed upon appointment. Town: Agreed on appointment. Salary: £31,516 - £38,364 per annum, pro-rata for part-time staff. Salary period: Yearly. Closing: 02/10/2025 23:59.
Band 5
Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.
Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.
Discover more about working with us here:
The Sedation Dental Nurse will provide specialized care to patients with complex needs and activities to ensure that the best possible care and practice is delivered to patients in challenging environments within the framework of the Dental Salaried Service, by providing both inhalation and IV sedation and supporting the whole dental team.
* The Sedation Dental Nurse will have responsibility for coordinating, planning and executing the IS & IV Sedation Service and supporting the Management Team.
* The Sedation Dental Nurse will be responsible for managing sedation referrals, waiting lists and the utilization of clinical sedation sessions, and collating service data.
* The post holder will provide support to the Band 7 & 8a Manager’s for the sedation service by providing an input into complaint responses/incident management/development of SOP’s/contributing to Health Board and external meetings.
* The post holder will be part of the dental Out of Hours management rota, being the first point of contact [by telephone] for the OOH dental team should there be any service issues experienced on site, the management of staff sickness calls and the re-arranging/re-allocating of OOH clinics.
Main duties of the job
* Liaise with Management to ensure all operational information such as staffing information is available to carry out planned sedation clinical sessions.
* Manage sedation referrals, waiting lists and preparation of booking patient appointments to ensure the maximum utilization of clinics.
* Record and process data for the sedation service, compiling accurate reports and reporting the information in meetings to Management.
* Operate as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support patients through clinical pathways.
* Manage own workload and any clinic changes in conjunction with clinical staff.
* Prepare and equip the clinical environment to ensure clinical standards and service requirements are met.
* Identify the patient’s dental nursing requirements during treatment and provide high quality care to meet the required need, ensuring the safe and precise delivery of care at all times.
* Provide appropriate pre and postoperative information to patients, ensuring that patients understand and comply with the information. This includes information for patients undertaking Conscious Sedation procedures.
* Liaise with Clinicians and Pharmacy for ordering the controlled drug Midazolam for use in IV sedation for patient treatment.
* Monitor, evaluate and report on the clinical condition of the conscious sedation patient before, during and following the procedure.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See job description for full details of all duties.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Person specification
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the organisation and with patients, parents and carers.
* Ability to work autonomously whilst working within a multi- disciplinary team setting.
* Initiative and ability to work independently, able to problems solve and prioritise own and others work.
* Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at a Level 3 or above
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Dental Nurse Professional Qualification: NEBDN, NVQ Level 3 Diploma or Hospital Certificate. Sedation Qualification: NEBDN or SAAD Certificate. Holds both IV & IS within qualification Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
* Special Care Certificate/equivalent knowledge or experience/interest in
* Leadership or Management Qualifications.
Experience
* Experience of working in general dental practice/clinic environment
* Experience in Minor Oral Surgery.
* Experience in supervision.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.
Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance. For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.
Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.
All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.
We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Bethan Jones
Job title: Dental Nurse Manager / Rheolwr Nyrsio Deintyddol
Email address: Bethan.Jones32@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07887728180
Additional information: Can be contacted between the hours of 9.00 - 5.00 on a Monday - Friday for any further information relating to this vacancy
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