The closing date is 09 March 2025
Band: Band 4
Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year pa, pro-rata
Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
Are you a qualified dental nurse, but wanting to develop?
Have you commenced with, or interested in undertaking a qualification in conscious sedation?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time development dental nurse position within Plymouth Community Dental Service. The post holder will either be in the process of or be willing to undertake NEBDN conscious sedation training at the next possible convenience.
This post be primarily work with urgent care and routine child patients, support with sessions under general anesthesia at UHP as well as opportunities to work with dentists undertaking conscious sedation as part of this training role.
On successful completion of the sedation qualification within 12 months of commencement and no performance concerns, this post will then convert to a permanent Band 5 Special Care Dental Nurse position within the service.
Applications are welcomed from experienced & qualified registered dental nurses to join our community dental service, delivering a high level of general & specialised dental services to patients from Plymouth & the surrounding area.
If you have the necessary qualifications, experience & enthusiasm to join our dedicated team, we would like to hear from you.
For an informal discussion please contact Katie Nicholls – Dental Nurse Manager on 01752 434657.
Main duties of the job
The post holder works with Dental Operators, working mainly with patients in pain who require emergency care and routine children. This will also include supporting general anaesthetic sessions at UHP.
The post holder will assist all dental operators in all chair side assisting and clinical procedures, to support and care for patients and manage a surgery and complete all the relevant clinical and administrative tasks.
This is a developmental position which will support / provide the post holder to undertake full dental nurse sedation training at the earliest convenience. On successful completion of this training within the 12-month timeframe and fulfilling all probation requirements this post will then convert into a Band 5 Special Care Dental Nurse.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years dental nursing experience.
- Assist with the induction of new staff.
- Trains and supports new staff
Desirable
- Experience of working in the salaried, community or personal dental services within the NHS.
- Experience of working as a member of a team
Qualifications
Essential
- Dental Nurse NEBDN Qualification/City & Guilds NVQ3 or equivalent
- Registered as a Dental Nurse with the GDC working at Band 4 KSF level dimensions
- Commenced, or willing to commence NEBDN conscious sedation training
- GCSE Grade A-C (or equivalent) English and maths
Desirable
- Additional Dental Nurse qualifications.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the equipment and materials used in dental and surgical procedures.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations.
- Knowledge of Cross Infection control measures.
- Carries out clinical and administrative work without direct supervision.
- Promotes best practice and a high level of patient care for the Plymouth Community Dental Services Ltd.
- Competent in recognizing and dealing with medical emergencies.
- Make decisions as to best practice.
- Carries out performance checks and daily maintenance on dental equipment.
- Fluent in spoken and written English language.
- Good organisational skills
- Good keyboard and ICT skills
- Calm reassuring manner
- Good interpersonal skills to ensure effective communication with staff at all grades and ability to support patients of all social backgrounds and all outside agencies
- To always act in a professional manner
- Computer literate
- Controls stock levels of dental consumables and materials.
- Organizes tasks and activities to make optimum use of clinical time.
- Works and communicates with all members of a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of using Dentally software package
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Up to date Basic life support training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).