Community Dental Nurse (with extended skills) | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

To provide a high level of clinical care within the Community Dental Service supporting the Clinical Lead/Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Paediatric Dental Consultant, Senior Dental Officer, Dental Core Trainee and Dental Therapist in all aspects of clinical practice.

To provide support for patients both children and adults with special and complex needs including those with challenging behaviour and complex medical histories.

Duties for the Dental Nurse within the service include assisting in the provision of treatment with Inhalation Sedation, General Anaesthetic sessions, General Anaesthetic Assessments clinic, Bariatric clinic’s, special school screening and epidemiology.

Applications are invited from an enthusiastic and conscientious qualified Dental Nurse to join our professional team on a full-time basis in providing a patient focused, special care dental service across the Tees Valley area.

The Community Dental Service provides dental care for people of all ages, including adults and children with special needs and those who require specialist care or facilities, throughout the whole of the Tees Valley. A caring and empathetic manner is essential.

You would play a key part in assisting our Dental Officers in the management and treatment of patients with various special needs within both community and hospital settings across Teesside. An induction package into the service will be provided.

Full registration with the General Dental Council is essential.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

Please see the attached Job Description for a detailed look at the main responsibilities for the position.

Please be aware that copies of certificate will be required if invited for interview.

This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024