Clinical Dental Nurse Manager for Postgraduate Dentistry London

An exciting opportunity has become available for a motivated individual to join our supportive and progressive workplace within Barts Health NHS Trust at our Whitechapel site. This is an ideal career opportunity for anyone looking to develop their existing skills and be part of our internationally renowned Teaching Hospital in East London.

We offer a full range of local and specialist services, which includes one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK with one of London's busiest paediatric accident and emergency departments. Home to London's Air Ambulance, The Royal London is also one of the capital's leading trauma and emergency care centres and hyper-acute stroke centres. The Royal London Dental Hospital is part of Barts Health and is a leading specialist hospital for first-class dental and Oral Health care & provides clinical excellence in all aspects of dentistry.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will provide leadership to the Dental Nurse team on a daily basis, inspiring them with strong leadership, excellent clinical skills and a visible and exemplary commitment to patient-centeredness.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with the Lead Dental Nurse and the Matron to escalate department and staffing issues where appropriate.
• The post holder will carry out clinical dental nursing on a minimum of two days per week, ensuring credibility with the nursing team and role modelling excellent clinical nursing skills.
• The post holder will line manage the Senior Dental Nurses and an agreed number of Dental Nurses within the Postgraduate nursing team.
• As well as line management of Dental Nurses, the post holder will work closely with the Senior Dental Nurses to delegate a number of key operational tasks to the SDNs in the day-to-day operational management of clinical services.
• The post holder will represent their department at nurse management meetings and the clinical governance group, and will be expected to take responsibility for delivering agreed actions with nursing teams.
• The post holder will deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse in their absence.

About us:

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
• General Dental Council registration.
• Teaching certificate - PGCE or Diploma in Education and Training (Minimum Level 3).
• Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (or equivalent) /Willing to complete training to gain the qualification.
• Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development.
• Ability to deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse.
• Knowledge of leadership models.
• Knowledge of range of dental nursing procedures acquired through training and experience.

Experience:

• Essential: Significant experience working as a Band 5 senior dental nurse in a similar NHS setting.
• Significant teaching/assessing experience.
• Experience of mentoring/supervising/assessing students in practice.
• Experience of planning and delivery of educational training programmes.
• Awareness of current NHS and Education initiatives in Dental nursing.
• Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods.
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge of local, regional and national policies pertaining to practice experience.
• Sound knowledge of the principles of Dental Nursing.
• Sound knowledge of the GDC Standards for Education.
• Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues.
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of HR processes and policies.
• Evidence of service improvement.
• Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
• Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department.
• Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate.
• Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses.

Skills:

• Essential: Ability to work under pressure and prioritise care.
• Excellent Leadership and organisational Skills.
• Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work.
• Ability to identify and access the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.