Dental Nurse Technician B4 - Guildford - ref. a51949619
Job overview
(13.5 hours pwk – Thurs/Friday)
Applications are invited for the role of Dental Nurse Technician to join the Dental Education Team in the Education Centre, RSFT. This post would suit a candidate with dental knowledge/experience, familiar with a variety of dental procedures (GDC registration preferred but is not essential to the role).
Working closely with the Dental Manager, the post holder will assist with the facilitation of the delivery of dental training programs, including but not limited to dental foundation and continuing professional development. The post holder will be responsible for providing expert technical support to ensure the effective delivery of multi-professional and post-graduate dental simulation education.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary- Setting up and cleaning down the dental skills room on study days
- Assisting trainers and trainees with equipment and materials during the study day
- Sourcing equipment and materials for upcoming study days
- Liaising with trainers re materials needed for study days
- Stock taking and inventory of equipment and materials
- Maintaining simulation units
- Infection control and COSHH management
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh.We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description- 1 Provide administrative support to the Dental Manager requiring the exchange of information on a variety of matters and procedures relating to the training programme.
- 2 Assist Manager in interpreting complex information from Health Education England Dental Team relating to training delivery, ensuring that appropriate action is made.
- 3 Assist manager with enquiries from Dental trainees, the regional Training Programme Director, the Health Education England Dental Team, external trainers and internal RSCH staff, analysing the information received to resolve issues relating to courses being run, centre availability, equipment availability, etc.
- 4 Assist manager in planning and organising varied dental training events taking place in the Dental Skills Room, including Dental Foundation teaching days and Accent CPD courses for General Dental Practitioners and Dental Care professionals. This requires the post holder to co-ordinate with a range of agencies, adjusting plans as required following information received from the regional Training Programme Director, the Health Education England Dental Team, individual trainers and administration teams across KSS. For each course, the post holder will be required to plan ahead to assist with contacting the trainers for each course (a different trainer for each training day), understand the teaching requirements and the complex range of equipment required, and ensure that all equipment is ordered and delivered to the Dental Skills Centre in time. Events and timetables can be added, changed and cancelled at short notice, requiring the re-formulation of plans.
- 5 Set up and organise the Dental Skills Centre for teaching and training as required, and reset the centre following activities, ensuring that all equipment, including IT and dental simulation equipment is ready for the next session.
- 6 Design materials and resources to support the work of the trainers.
- 7 Assist manager in co-ordinating course marketing and external advertising for CPD courses, providing support at out-of-hours events if required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- • Vocational Level 4 or equivalent or able to demonstrate knowledge within this field through practical experience
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable criteria- Experience of working with medical devices
- Experience of working within a healthcare setting
- Recent experience of working within the NHS
- Recent experience of working within the NHS