Job overview

This post is Fixed term/Secondment for 9 months to cover maternity leave.

The post is that of a Dental  Nurse and the post holder will be expected to undertake duties in a busy Maxillofacial Department in a District General Hospital.

They will carry out a range of assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the benefit of the patient/client in accordance with agreed protocols

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality dental nurse care across a broad range of specialities.
• Participate in delivery of evidence based care and to ensure consistency and continuity in the quality of care.
• To provide a safe, welcoming and compassionate environment for patients and relatives.
• Deliver pre and post treatment instructions to patients and relatives/carers.
• Assist dental practitioners in undertaking four handed dentistry.
• To support the Senior Dental Nurse in the supervision of learners and newly appointed dental nurses.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. 

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.