Dental Nurse Band 4

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Dental Nurse Band 4

The closing date is 18 September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time experienced and highly motivated qualified Dental Nurse with excellent clinical and administrative skills to join our dynamic Community Dental team covering our Salisbury site.

The successful candidate should be a qualified registered Dental Nurse and will possess excellent clinical, communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.

The Community Dental Service in Wiltshire and Swindon offers urgent care clinics for patients experiencing dental pain, special care clinics for adults and Children with additional needs who are not able to access their treatment at a general dentist across four sites. The service also provides hospital sessions in Salisbury, Swindon and Bath.

You must be a car driver, with access to a vehicle to carry out the role. You may also be required to work at other Dental Clinics. This role includes weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis. The post holder will be required to work 0830 – 1700, with one hour for lunch, five days per week.

Further information about this post can be found in the attached Job Description. We welcome informal contact from you (telephone calls, visits, meeting colleagues) in advance of your application. In the first instance please contact Jackie Furness on 01249 456698 or by email on gwh.dentaladmin.teamoffice@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will be a member of the Clinical Dental Team. The Dental Team provides emergency and special care for a wide range of patients across Wiltshire. The post holder will support the dental officer with a range of dental treatment for urgent care patients in severe pain who do not have a dentist and referred patients with special/additional needs.
2. Urgent care patients may require special attention due to culture, faith and religion, language barriers, understanding of expectation of treatment provided, active symptoms such as pain, phobia and anxiety.
3. Special care patients will require specialist care due to complex medical conditions, physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems which exclude them from having treatment in the General Dental Service.
4. The post holder will be required to work to a flexible shift pattern which will include weekends and Bank Holidays.

About us

Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

1. To comply with the GDC standards and Scope of Practice
2. To comply with GWH Trust Policies & CDS Local Operating Procedures.
3. To maintain their own clinical and professional development in dental nursing and participate in annual appraisal.
4. Maintain effective communication and professional relationships, at all times, with patients and their relatives, colleagues and other members of the public. To liaise with other health professionals including schools, nursing homes and hospital departments.
5. To provide and receive complex and sensitive patient related medical information. This should include identifying any barriers to communication and implementing actions to overcome them eg contacting Language Line for non-English speaking patients and carers.
6. Provide pre- and post-operative advice on dental care to patients.
7. To take responsibility for the Health & Safety and Fire inspection checklist. Assist in development, implementation and review of health & safety risk assessments and safe systems of work.
8. Duties include the preparation of the dental surgery and clinical chair side activity for dental treatment.
9. Inputting patient related information to SFD IT system as directed by the Dentist.
10. Receiving patients into the treatment room and assisting the dentist during all clinical procedures.
11. Responsibility for maintaining of decontamination and infection control in line with CDS Infection Control LOP and protocol for decontamination of equipment for the site.
12. Maintaining and requesting appropriate stock levels, ensuring that the stock/emergency drugs are within expiry date & that materials are stored appropriately.
13. Checking invoices for incoming stock and materials.
14. To act as chaperone and witness for the dentist.
15. To take part in regular audits as appropriate.
16. Undertaking other or additional duties commensurate with the grade as directed by the Dental Nurse Team Manager and to maintain the necessary skills and knowledge through appropriate training.
17. To carry out duties away from base clinic including domiciliary visits, dental epidemiology surveys, day surgery under general anaesthetic in acute hospital settings, conscious sedation sessions and dental health education programmes.
18. There is a requirement to work alongside the dentist using manual handling aids including a hoist and to keep up to date with manual handling training.
19. To ensure compliance with GWH Trust arrangements for mandatory training.
20. To take responsibility for enhanced continuing professional development (CPD) to meet registration requirements of General Dental Council (GDC) / Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals – 50 hours verifiable in 5-year cycle.
21. To ensure annual registration with the GDC
22. Work as part of a team to deliver high quality dental care to patients

Working Conditions

Occasional exposure to unpleasant conditions, working in confined spaces in patient homes including verbal aggression.

Physical Effort

This post involves walking, standing, and sitting, carrying, pushing and pulling of trolleys during clinics – alongside SSOW.

Mental Effort

Frequent requirement for intense concentration

Emotional Effort

Exposure to emotional or distressing circumstances including medical emergency.

Caring for distressed and anxious patients who can be unwell.

Other Factors

The post holder will be required to travel to other clinics to maintain operational service cover and hold business insurance for driving during working hours.

Requirement to work weekends and Bank Holidays

Ability to drive and access to a motor vehicle, with business insurance

Dealing with distressed patients/clients regularly

Regular VDU usage,

Requirement to move small equipment between sites as required

Flexibility

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration as DCP with General Dental Council
• NEBDN National Certificate, NVQ level 3 in Oral Health (Dental Nursing) (or exceptionally similar qualification plus appropriate experience)
• Willingness to study towards gaining the NEBDN Certificate in Dental Sedation Nursing via CPD funding
• Special Care Dental Nurse Qualification (additional qualification)

Experience

• Experience of working as a Dental Nurse
• Experience of Health and Safety practice relevant to this post
• Wide range of experience in Dental procedures
• Experience in operating IT systems
• Experience operating SFD IT system
• Experience of working within a Community Dental setting

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.

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