Dental Nurse

The post holder must be able to;

• Report departmental issues to clinic manager
• Attend regular staff meetings to review standards of practice and ensure dissemination of information
• Develop good communications and fair and clear relationships with staff cross the multi-disciplinary team.
• Communicate with all grades of staff regarding patient care. In so doing they are expected to provide and receive complex or sensitive information relating to planned or received treatment.
• Liaise between clinician, technician, patient and external agencies to arrange appropriate appointments.
• Effectively communicate with patients and their relatives. This frequently involves having to deliver information in a way that is easily understood by the person receiving that information e.g. when delivering pre and postoperative instructions and advice. This is essential where there are barriers to communication.
  
  We are seeking to recruit a full-time motivated and enthusiastic Dental Nurses who hold the British National Examining Board for Dental Surgery Assistants' Certificate / EBDN / NVQ Level 3 Certificate in Dental Nursing.
This is a multidisciplinary department which requires a dental nurse to work within the three specialties Oral Maxillofacial, Orthodontic and Restorative . This will involve maxillofacial, orthodontic and restorative clinics which run alongside minor oral surgery sessions & emergency clinics. X ray facilities are located within the department. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, be reliable, highly motivated using their own initiative and work well within a team. They will need to have a supportive, caring attitude and be committed to providing the highest level of care to our patients.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust. At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.