Dental Nurse Manager – Mouth Care | Barts Health NHS Trust
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 b.davies2@nhs.net
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.
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.
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.
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025