Band 4 Civilian Dental Nurse
- Keeping the standard and cleanliness of the surgery and accommodation for which you are responsible, reporting any deficiencies and following all local policies and protocols.
- use checks of dental equipment reporting defects in accordance with current equipment care policies.
Ensuring adequate stocks of consumable dental materials are available within the surgery, maintain an effective expiry list ensuring all expired materials are removed and replaced as required.
Casting, trimming and preparing dental models, dispatching all items of laboratory work in accordance with current Infection Prevention and Control, Infection Prevention and Control policy and administrative procedures.There are no expected Line Management responsibilities with this role, any future changes will be discussed with successful applicant at the time.
Please read the attached job description/Terms of Reference and person specification prior to applying to fully understand all the duties required by Civilian Dental Nurse within DPHC.
Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your Curriculum Vitae, and at interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills: NHS Core
- NHSC1 Communication NHS Core
- NHSC2 Personal and People Development NHS Core
- NHSC3 Health, Safety and Security NHS Core
- NHSC5 Quality NHS Core
- NHSC6 Equality and Diversity The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date.
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
Applicants who hold the qualifications but are not yet registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) and those approaching graduation are eligible to apply for this role, however they will need to obtain the full qualification and membership requirements prior to starting in post.
Should you have any queries concerning your eligibility, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure that you prove you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it.
Make sure no personal details are included and add as much relevant information to your application to show your skills and experience to the sifting team, let them know what you can offer this role.
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Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250 word limit: https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B.
Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required.Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users, and we encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.
Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa.It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Here at DPHC, we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
DPHC is a vibrant and fast paced organisation which aims to provide the best primary healthcare to members of the Armed Forces and other entitled personnel.
DPHC delivers a clinical service in accordance with NHS Standards and MoD policies.
We recruit by merit based on fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/ The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking.
Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance.
The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel.All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.
There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.