Dental Nurse Manager – Mouth Care
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
We are currently recruiting a full time Dental Nurse Manager (37.5hrs per week) to lead on our new project for Mouthcare on our hospital wards. This role will include, audits planning and delivery of our Mouthcare Matters Programme.
The successful candidate will be based at our Dental Hospital in Whitechapel and will be an 80/20 split of admin and working clinically with our inpatients at Royal London hospital with plans in future to grow this project across the Barts Health network.This is an ideal career opportunity for anyone who is looking for a new challenge and looking to develop their existing skills and be part of our internationally renowned teaching hospital in east London.
Hours of work will be 9.00am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch.The Royal London Dental Hospital at Barts Health and is a leading specialist hospital for first-class dental and oral health care & provides clinical excellence in all aspects of dentistry.
For further information, or to arrange a visit to the hospital please contact the Lead Dental Nurse.
Barbara Davies 02035946106Email [email protected]
Main duties of the job
To be the trust’s mouth care nurse and lead on improving the oral health of hospitalised patients. The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out regular audit of existing mouth care protocols and rolling out a mouth care training programme to health care professionals within their Trust.This will predominantly involve ward-based training. The post-holder will also be responsible for establishing a mouth care network with representatives from nursing, Nutrition & Dietetics, SALT, pharmacy, and doctors.
The post holder will provide leadership to the Dental Nurse team daily, inspiring them with strong leadership, excellent clinical skills and a visible and exemplary commitment to patient-centeredness.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Lead Dental Nurse and the Senior Nurse to escalate department and staffing issues where appropriate.
The post holder will carry out clinical dental nursing on a minimum of two days per week, ensuring credibility with the nursing team and role modelling excellent clinical nursing skills.
The post holder will line manage the Dental Nurses allocated to the mouthcare team.
The post holder will represent the mouthcare team at nurse management meeting and the clinical governance group and will be expected to take responsibly for delivering agreed actions with nursing teams.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
- General Dental Council registration
- NEBDN or BDA qualification in Oral Health
- Knowledge of the mouthcare matters programme.
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant experience working as a Band 5 senior dental similar NHS setting.
- Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues.
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of HR processes and policies.
- Evidence of service improvement.
- Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
- Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department.
- Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate.
- Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses.
- Experience of line management of Dental Nurses.
- Experience nursing with special care patients
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of range of dental nursing procedures
- Acquired through training and experience.
- Knowledge of leadership models.
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise care.
- Excellent Leadership and organisational Skills.
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work.
- Ability to identify and access the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others.
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.