Registered Dental Nurse in Newcastle upon Tyne

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With a strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic disorders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030 for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

The Prosthodontic department at Newcastle Dental Hospital delivers a varied range of routine and specialist dental treatment to a wide range of patients. Although our main focus is delivering prosthetic appliances to patients such as dentures, crowns and bridges, we also provide other conservation treatment which falls under the restorative umbrella. We also deliver treatment and review patients who have been diagnosed with head and neck cancer, patients who meet NHS criteria for implants and treat patients who have moderate to advanced periodontal disease with our staff hygienists and carry out surgical procedures for Endodontics.

The Prosthodontic clinic's dental nursing team work alongside a range of different experience levels of staff as well as undergraduate students. You may be required to work on other dental departments within the Dental Hospital to cover absences at certain times.

Main duties of the job include:

• Providing high standards of clinical care and support to post graduate and undergraduate clinicians as well as various staff grades under the management of the Senior Dental Nurse.
• Preparation and maintenance of the clinical areas including stocks of materials and equipment and collecting and inputting data into the patient administration system.
• Working on Level 5 of the Dental Hospital within the Prosthodontic Clinic.
• Providing chair-side assistance to all grades of dental staff and students working within the dental hospital.
• Preparing all instruments, equipment and materials required for treatment.
• Providing care and support for patients undergoing a variety of treatments.
• Ensuring patient confidentiality is always upheld.
• Providing administrative assistance with regard to liaising with patients and other external agencies.
• Providing clinical supervision and practical training to student dental nurses and other less experienced staff on a daily basis.
• Ensuring that cross infection control, the cleanliness of the department, stock levels and equipment are well maintained.

Person specification includes:

• National Certificate in Dental Nursing or NVQ Level 3 in Oral Healthcare Portfolio must be completed and signed.
• Registration with General Dental Council.
• Ability to organise own workload.
• Knowledge of cross infection procedures, Health & Safety issues, CPD, and Clinical Governance issues.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form: All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.