Job summary
- Main area
- Band 4 Registered Dental Nurse
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 8.45am - 5.00pm)
- Job ref
- 350-CC7392979
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Everton Road Community Dental Services
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/09/2025
Employer heading
Dental Nurse
Band 4
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
To provide dental nurse support when required by the Service and to assist in the full range of dental care provided to patients of Community Dental Services.
To support the dental team in the provision of dental care in various settings across Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton, i.e., dental departments within health centres and acute hospitals
This will include a wide range of treatments for a broad client base which includes children, patients with additional needs, learning disability and elderly patients
The post is clinic based. The post holder may be asked to undertake duties in neighbouring clinics when required for holiday or sickness relief or temporary redeployment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have responsibility for participating as a key member of the dental team and other agencies to promote and maintain the dental health and wellbeing of dental patients.
Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local population.
Report and record incidents as per Trust protocols and procedures.
Deliver pre- and post-operative instructions as required by the clinician.
Implement accurate paper and electronic record keeping processes as per Trust policies and procedures.
Work in partnership with other professionals to ensure patients are treated in the appropriate environment
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Recording of treatment, including charting from the clinicians instructions and other associated clerical work.
Preparation of filling materials, impression materials, instruments, equipment, dressings and syringes.
Clearing away used instruments and materials and keeping the treatment area clean whilst adhering to the highest Infection Prevention and Control procedures
Medical emergency treatment for collapse, eg coronary attack, fainting, bleeding tooth socket, epilepsy etc.
Assisting at preparation for investigations, eg x-ray procedures, blood tests and bacteriological tests.
Triage of patients attending for emergency treatment.
Management of children attending the clinic.
Providing the patient with pre and post-operative instructions and information prior to safely discharging the patient following, all types of dental treatment and minor oral surgery, and ensuring that the instructions are fully understood.
Care and minor maintenance of equipment such as high speed drills and equipment utilised within the dental environment
Assisting dental staff with all methods of treatment and surgical procedures working in all areas of the Hospital when necessary, including barrier care.
Communicating with other departments within when necessary, ensuring that patient's further treatment is arranged.
Maintaining stocks in cupboards, clearing cupboards and checking expiry dates on bottles and reordering stocks as necessary.
In conjunction with nursing and dental staff, taking part in the introduction of trials of new equipment.
The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- National qualification for dental nurses or equivalent and on GDC register
Desirable criteria
- NEBDN post certificate qualification e.g. Oral health
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experienced dental nurse
Desirable criteria
- Experience in extended dental nurse role (e.g. radiography)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
- Understanding of partnership working
- Understanding of the principles of care management
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Risk assessment skills
- Self-management and motivation skills
- IT literate
- Ability to work across boundaries
- Must be able to transport self around the community
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
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
- Tracey Tabern
- Job title
- Dental Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07386652141
- Additional information
Lisa Cantwell [email protected] Tel: 07500 990 958
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