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Job overview

We are on the looking to recruit a confident, enthusiastic team player with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to join our wonderful team as a Dental Nurse Team Leader.

As a qualified Dental Nurse, you will be responsible for supporting the service ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.

You will participate in administrative clinic duties as well as clinical duties within the department.

The post holder will be expected to assist the Oral & Maxillofacial clinicians with a wide of procedures including, but not exclusive to the removal of teeth and roots, surgical removal of wisdom teeth, surgical uncovering of impacted teeth and soft tissue surgery, oncology, facial deformity, and pain clinics. Procedures may be carried out under local anaesthetic, conscious sedation, and general anaesthesia.

We undertake orthodontic treatments which come under IOTN 4 and 5, these may include a multidisciplinary team approach, you will work alongside a varied range of clinicians ranging from Trainee Orthodontic Therapist to Consultants 

It is expected that the post holder will be able to give advice on standard and more specialist Oral & Maxillofacial treatments. You will also be responsible for coordinating patient follow up appointments after certain procedures.

Main duties of the job

Assists the dental practitioner with dental treatment; provides pre- and post-operative, dental hygiene advice to patients.

Prepares materials, instruments, equipment for dental practitioner

 Provides day to day or clinical supervision to less experienced staff

• The post holder will work alongside the Dental Nurse Manager to provide support to Dental Nurses and ensure they acquire and maintain the skills relevant to their career development.
• You will undertake HR related duties including return to work interviews for your allocated team members
• You will be expected to establish strong links and effective working relations with the whole dental team.
• You will coordinate the running of clinics and be the first point of contact for Dental Nurse and reception staff for day-to-day issues.
• You will participate in the rostering of staff to ensure correct staffing levels and skill mix enabling the team to deliver a high standard of patient care.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.