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Emergency Dental Nurse

Employer
Bromley Healthcare CIC
Location
Beckenham, London (Greater)
Salary
£26,447 - £28,780 per annum pro rata inc HCAS pro rata
Closing date
9 Feb 2022

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Sector
Healthcare & Medical
Hours
Part Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Temporary

Job Details

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley’s community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Bromley Healthcare is a great place to work. The unique way we deliver services and offer everyone who works here a voice, means that your career with us will be rewarding. Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS (such as excellent training and development) with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Priority consideration will be given to Bromley Healthcare staff formally identified as being at risk.

Please note that for positions that require you to drive as part of your job role we will be asking for evidence of business insurance. 

 

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible and competent Dental Nurse to join our Emergency Dental Service based at our Beckenham Beacon Clinic. The sessions are run from 8:30 to 12:30 pm on weekends.

The successful applicants must have an appropriate qualification in Dental Nursing and be registered with the General Dental Council. Excellent communication skills, compassion, empathy, good organisational skills, IT skills and being a team player are integral to this post. Previous experience of working in EDS is desirable but we would be happy to train someone with the right aptitude and skills.

Any previous experience in oral surgery will be desirable. We would expect you to make your own travel arrangements including parking to meet the needs of the job. 

Bank payments are made on a weekly basis.

If you would like to discuss this role or have any queries, please contact Jo Barclay, Dental Nurse Manager, via email: [email protected] or by telephone:  07984169989

 

Main duties of the job

Our Emergency Care Dental Service is committed to providing high quality dental care for people referred into our service. The post holder will be expected to support and assist dentists in clinic and help patients with their paper work.


The post holder will be expected to work in line with the values of Bromley Healthcare and GDC standards and national guidelines. They will have a key role in ensuring infection control standards are met and in assisting with the administrative duties required to deliver an efficient service.
 

 

Working for our organisation

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. 

Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point, applicants from outside the NHS will receive the start point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms & conditions.

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. It is expected that in early 2022, being vaccinated against Covid 19 will become a legal condition of employment unless an exemption applies. We will ask therefore for proof of vaccination during the recruitment process.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To receive patients and prepare them for dental treatment.
  • To assist the Dental Surgeon or other staff throughout such treatment and to supervise patients until they are able to leave the surgery. To prepare filling materials, impression materials, instruments, syringes and other materials and equipment as required. To process and mount x-ray films.
  • To work with the Dental Surgeon during patient management techniques and checking patient’s fitness for discharge after extractions
  • Dealing with nervous, anxious children & adult patients who are medically compromised or have a learning disability. Dealing with challenging behaviour and situations.
  • To carry out cross-infection control procedures according to agreed protocols and to participate in the care and maintenance of surgery equipment.
  • Day to day management of surgery clinical waste.
  • To deal with contaminated fluids and substances.
  • To operate instrument washer-disinfector and autoclave according to agreed protocols including running a daily test cycle.
  • To prepare the surgery for each patient, prepare filling materials, instruments, syringes and other materials and equipment as required.
  • To process and mount radiographs.
  • To clean and maintain processor according to agreed procedures.
  • To regularly check for out of date materials/stock rotation.
  • To process documentation.
  • To manage the surgery appointments, filing system and to carry out clerical work including charting from the dental surgeon’s instructions.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Qualification in Dental Nursing Recognised by the General Dental Council Hospital, National Certificate or N.V.Q. Level 3

Desirable criteria

  • Post-Certificate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience of Dental Nursing Work with range of patients including adults and children
  • Experience of General Dental Practice broad based Emergency Dental Service

Desirable criteria

  • Work in areas of social exclusion and with multiethnic populations
  • Work with clients requiring good patient skills-particularly anxious children and adults in an emergency

Skills

Essential criteria

  • Car driver
  • Knowledge of infection control
  • Excellent communicator with sympathetic and understanding attitude
  • Good organisational skills

Desirable criteria

  • Working knowledge of use of Dental Software systems

 

We are passionate about caring for our service users, and their family and friends, and the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why it's a requirement for everyone joining Bromley Healthcare in a regulated/patient facing role to have been fully vaccinated against Covid19 or to hold a qualifying exemption. Applicants are further advised that it is a condition of employment that evidence of vaccination status is provided.

You can get a flavour for what its like to work for Bromley Healthcare by viewing the following YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXqdJm17dcbXnfvh98qlJ0g

Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point, applicants from outside the NHS will receive the start point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms & conditions.

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme.

Bromley Healthcare is fully committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, in a work environment where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured and celebrated. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. At Bromley Healthcare, diversity and inclusion is one of the key strands of our People Strategy, and we are fully committed to promoting diversity in all we do to make real and lasting change. 

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion /belief, sexual orientation or age. We are especially keen to increase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.   

 We look forward to welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare.  

 All offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six month probation period

Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and part of the NHS family.

But we are a little different; we like to think that we stand out from typical NHS organisations as Bromley Healthcare CIC is actually a co-owned social enterprise, co-owned by its employees. This means that our staff remain on NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (providing you are eligible), if not we can offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.

 

IMPORTANT:

  1. Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.
  2. As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
  3. When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
  4. All staff identified as AT-RISK who meets the requirements of the post will be prioritised accordingly.
  5. The Trust uses the recruitment platform TRAC systems to administer all stages of the recruitment process meaning that information in regard to shortlisting will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.

Company

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme.

Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and part of the NHS family.

But we are a little different; we like to think that we stand out from typical NHS organisations as Bromley Healthcare CIC is actually a co-owned social enterprise, co-owned by its employees. This means that our staff remain on NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (providing you are eligible), if not we can offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.

What difference does this make?

Because our Nurses, therapists and support staff co-own Bromley Healthcare CIC and have a real say in how our services are run, this has created a greater sense of ownership, responsibility & motivation among our staff which in turn creates better quality for our patients & families.

If you are keen to work for a dynamic, forward thinking but different type of NHS employer then Bromley Healthcare could be for you!

From health visiting to district nursing, school nurses to specialist nurses, our nursing services help new parents to care for new born children and older people to continue living at home through care and support. We also have a wide range of therapy services for adults and children, including speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy whilst our specialist services focus on preventing diseases and supporting those living with specific conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or diabetes.

 

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