Senior Dental Nurse

Welcome to FCMS! Post: Senior Dental Nurse Pay: £15.23 per hour, Weekend & Bank Holiday Enhancements. Hours: 20 hours per week with flexible working Accountable to: Dental Operations Manager & Clinical Lead Reports to: Dental Operations Manager Base: Queen Victoria Centre, Morecambe & Newfield House, Blackpool CLOSING DATE: 11 OCTOBER 2026 * Please note that our roles are not being considered for sponsorship at this time* *If you are looking for more than 20 hours, the position can be supplemented with additional clinical sessions evenings and weekends* FCMS is commissioned by the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) to provide NHS urgent and emergency dental care services across Lancashire, operating from sites in Blackpool, Morecambe, Blackburn and Burnley. Our service operates 365 days a year, delivering high-quality, patient-centred urgent dental care during evenings, weekends, bank holidays and out-of-hours periods. We are seeking a caring, compassionate and an approachable individual. You must be a people person, be able to communicate warmly with patients and team members. As a visible leader within the team, you will be approachable, reliable and committed to developing both yourself and those around you. You will enjoy working collaboratively, contributing ideas for improvement and helping to create an environment where colleagues feel valued, supported and able to perform at their best. Most importantly, you will share our values, bring energy and enthusiasm to the role, and understand the importance of building strong relationships whilst having fun along the way Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity for a dental nurse looking for something a little different to a regular dental practice. As a Senior Dental Nurse, you will provide visible leadership and support to the dental team, working closely with the Dental Operations Manager, Clinical Lead, Operational Specialists and Senior Dental Nurses to ensure safe, effective and efficient service delivery. You will be involved with supporting staff performance, clinical governance activity, quality assurance processes and patient experience initiatives, whilst maintaining a strong clinical understanding of urgent dental care. Working within urgent dental care can be fast-paced and unpredictable, so you will be comfortable managing competing priorities, remaining calm under pressure and supporting others through challenging situations. The role includes a clinical nursing element, providing one nursing session every two weeks as part of the contracted hours. This ensures continued understanding of service delivery, patient needs and building of good relationships and support with our team. A caring and compassionate personality is extremely important, confident in speaking to patients, and able to work in a busy and sometimes challenging environment, remain calm under pressure. Fully supported by our experience Dental Nurse Supervisors. Able to have fun and develop good relationships with the team. About us The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services. Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do. Come and be a part of our amazing team! We offer NHS Pension Cycle to Work Scheme Career Development Opportunities Attendance Bonus Staff Benefit Scheme Free Tea & Coffee Eye Care Contributions Key Duties and Responsibilities: Provide visible leadership and day-to-day operational support to the Morecambe dental service, promoting a positive, professional and patient-focused culture. Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead and wider dental leadership team to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of services. Lead on recruitment, induction, training, supervision and development of staff, including conducting appraisals, one-to-one meetings and performance support conversations where required. Promoting teamwork, engagement, wellbeing and professional standards. Managing safeguarding concerns in line with organisational policies, ensuring appropriate escalation and documentation where required. To work closely with the safeguarding lead and external stakeholders. Support patients in accessing appropriate services where required. Lead and support infection prevention and control processes, ensuring compliance with HTM 01-05, CQC regulations and local governance requirements. Support quality assurance activities including audits, action plans, local policy reviews and service improvement. Contribute to clinical governance, incident reporting, investigations and organisational learning, promoting a culture of openness, safety and continuous improvement. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal teams, local dental practices, referral services, Internal and external stakeholders to support patient pathways and service delivery. Facilitate regular team meetings, communications and engagement activities to ensure staff remain informed, supported and involved in service developments. Maintain compliance with all mandatory training, professional registration requirements and organisational policies. Undertake any other reasonable duties consistent with the responsibilities and objectives of the post Our key expectations are: Self-awareness Living authentically Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation Openness What you see is what you get Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness Ability to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next. Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA: Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy! Awesome: We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome! Humble: Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious! Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity. Disability Confident Employer As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy DBS - This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence). For Driver positions you will also be required to undertake a Driver check. The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Person Specification Experience Essential Knowledge on decontamination compliance, audit processes Desirable Staff management or supervisory experience, preferably within a dental setting. Dentally software. Qualifications Essential NVQ L3 or equivalent in Dental Nursing. GDC registered Dental Nurse Desirable Radiography Other Essential Strong knowledge and understanding of HTM01-05, CQC compliance and auditing. Honest, Kind & Compassionate Ensuring our culture is always upheld. Teamworking and able to work autonomously. Desirable Computer/IT Skills Operational/Management Skills Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. TPBN1_UKTJ