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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·       To ensure that patients and visitors needs are met in a courteous, helpful & compassionate way, which may require the use of different styles of communication.

·       Act as a named nurse for Department clinics.

·       Responsible for administrative duties in clinic i.e: clinic sheets, consent forms and return appointment slips.

·       Obtain individual patient medical history as required.

·       Advise patient on wearing, function and care of occlusal bite splints.

·       Assist clinicians in operating theatres as scrub nurse when required.

·   Accountable for appropriate disposal of clinic waste e.g. sharps, swabs etc in line with Trust policies and procedures.

·       Provide chair side assistance for Orthodontic clinics.

·       Assist clinicians facilitating four-handed orthodontic procedures.

·       Ensure appropriate instrumentation & equipment is available for relevant procedures.

·       Ensure that orientation of all brackets & bands are up to date, and the surgery is fully stocked.

·       Observe decontamination policy when handling and sterilising dental impressions.

·       Impart basic Oral Hygiene instruction to patients and advise on care of appliances.

·       Assist in the construction of fixed appliances.

·       Collate necessary medical records e.g. Study models, notes, reports, radiographs etc.

·       Provide chair side assistance for MaxilloFacial clinics

·       Assist with head and neck trauma patients referred by Accident & Emergency Department utilising necessary expertise.

·       Assist with the manual handling of patients within a difficult confined area.

·       Assist the clinician with invasive surgical procedures.

·       Set up sterile surgical trolleys with all relevant equipment for the proposed procedure.

·        Ensuring all specialist equipment & materials are provided

·       Act as the second appropriate person during intravenous sedation sessions.

·       Monitor patients clinically and electronically on pulse-oximeters, during surgical procedures while under a sedative medication.

·       Act as a scrub nurse dealing with blood, saliva & specimens

·       Administer Basic Life Support as necessary.

·       Take intra oral and extra oral radiographic examinations following a clinical prescription observing radiological policies and procedures.

·       Critique and assess quality of images.

·       Assess suitability of patient prior to radiation exposure.

·       Deputise on occasion, in the absence of the Dental Nurse Team Manager

·       Ensure all mandatory training implemented by the Trust is carried out.

·       Maintain high standards of working protocols/guidelines, and suggest changes when necessary.

·  Check portable drill and calibrate machine and motors prior to surgery.

·       Check and test Blood Glucose monitor.

·  Check cryo-therapy equipment is in working order and ensure necessary gas is available.

·       Be conversant with policies and procedures relating to Fire and Health & Safety.

·       Report all accidents and complaints in accordance with Trust policies and assist in investigations of complaints and accidents as required.

·       Ensure that the maintenance of control of drugs/health & safety/ decontamination/data protection/COSHH statutory requirements are met within his/her sphere of control.

·  Work closely with medical colleagues providing dental nursing expertise.

·    Maintain effective communication links both formal and informal with all staff and external professional agencies and bodies.

PLEASE REFER TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FURTHER DETAILS.