Job summary
- Main area
- Dental
- Grade
- Bank Rates £13.25/ph
- Contract
- Bank: 5 months (Subject to change dependent on substantive recruitment timeframes)
- Hours
- Part time - 8 hours per week (Possibility for additional hours dependent on need)
- Job ref
- 284-BANK-6332867-A
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £13.25 Bank Rates £13.25/ph (Inc WTD) Day rates Mon - Friday
- Salary period
- Daily
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Qualified Dental Nurse (Band 4)
Bank Rates £13.25/ph
Job overview
Seeking a bank Qualified dental nurse
8 hours per week, with possibility to increase depending on demand on service.
Supporting the Paediatric dentistry team at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Main duties of the job
- Chair side Dental Nursing
- Set up of dental clinics
- Maintain infection control standards
- Ensure patient flow within clinic
- Assist with dental assessments and treatment
- Agency Dental Nurse to assist in various clinics including Paediatric Dentistry, Maxillo-Facial, Orthodontics, Theatre and Sedation
- Assist with medical emergency should the need arise.
- Close down of clinical areas
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Report any incidents that may put the safety of the child at risk to the senior Dental Nurse or Nurse in charge.
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Provide Chair side assistance to Clinicians during various procedures, including assisting in the management of sedated patients.
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To work within several multidisciplinary teams in various Dental and Surgical procedures.
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Maintain adequate levels of stock and specialist equipment.
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Preparation, maintenance and sterilization of specialist instruments/equipment and disposal of clinical waste following the appropriate protocol(s).
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Ensure high standards of infection control and decontamination processes are adhered to and appropriate protocols followed.
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Maintain patient confidentiality and have awareness of patient protection issues in accordance with Trust protocols and procedures.
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Maintenance of equipment and reporting of any defective equipment to Estates/Medical Engineering Departments or external contractors where required.
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Preparation of clinical records; including case notes, radiographs and study models.
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Maintain and organise model storage of orthodontic study models.
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Use of Qmatic and Lorenzo computer systems for all elements of the Outpatient processes including making patient appointments.
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Input onto departmental databases as required.
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Awareness of and adherence to the Data Protection Act.
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Ensure regular checks on essential equipment are made.
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General maintenance of the Dental unit(s).
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Ensure any clinical updates are fulfilled and recorded as appropriate.
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Assist with any departmental audits.
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Assist in the management/implementation of the Trust decontamination programme.
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Ensure Trust policies/procedures are followed and implemented as required.
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Awareness of and effective reporting of incidents in conjunction with Senior Dental Nurses and line manager.
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Any other duties as directed by the Outpatient Nurse Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- National Examination Board Qualification/City & Guilds NVQ level 3 in Dental Nursing.
Desirable criteria
- Sedation qualified
General Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience with children, adolescents and adults.
- Ability to recognise the need for immediate medical intervention.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with patients with complex needs.
Professional Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Have an understanding of patient and family centred care.
- Willingness to undertake a teaching role to support team members.
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring skills.
- Willingness to enhance management skills.
- Awareness of available current research.
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to understand and respond in an emergency.
- Willing to undertake training and role expansion.
- Previous orthodontic experience equivalent of at least 2 years full time.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in dental specialised area other than orthodontics.
- Minimum 2 years following training experience in Dental Nursing.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Matthews
- Job title
- Assistant service manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 8459
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