Dental Nurse Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the ORST Care Group (Oral Surgery, Oral Diagnosis, Radiography, Special Care Dentistry and Dental Theatres) and applications are invited for the role of Dental Nurse Manager. This is a permanent post and open to those who fulfil the person specification.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, professional individual with excellent clinical and communication skills and the ability to provide a clear focus for clinical and managerial leadership across the department. The candidate will work closely with the Assistant Director of Nursing and Clinical Support Managers to ensure the efficient running of the department as well as the management of the senior dental nurses.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the role is a highly visible and accessible senior professional to provide a clear focus for clinical leadership across the Department, developing and empowering all nursing staff and students.

Securing and assuring the highest standards of clinical care by providing leadership to nursing and trainee nursing staff.

Ensuring that administrative and support sources are designed and delivered to achieve the highest standards of care within the departments and that accurate record are maintained throughout.

Providing a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in both departments to whom patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support.

All general dental nursing duties and responsibilities apply when working at the chairside or elsewhere, including supervision, training and management of trainee dental nurses.

Maintain and ensuring high standards of Infection Prevention and Control procedures throughout the Care Group.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.