Senior Dental Nurse Manager

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Oral Maxilla facial team at luton Hospital. We are looking for an exceptional leader to continue leading our team of hard working, committed dental nurses.

You must be dynamic, forward thinking, ability to successfully implement change whilst possessing a visionary of dental services for our local population.

The successful candidate will work closely with the dental consultant team, orthodontic therapists, admin staff therefore it is essential that the successful candidate posses exceptional communication skills and styles.

You will also work closely with the senior truimverate, consisting of the Clinical director, General manager and head of Nursing, where your voice will be pivotal in influencing service change and delivery on behalf of our staff and patients.

Main duties of the job

This is not an exhaustive detail of the roles and responsibilities of the role. Please see main Job description and person Specification

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day safety and quality of patient care and department safety.

Responsible for safe and consistent rostering of staff via health roster

Responsible in ensuring staff are compliant with mandatory training

Responsible in ensuring staff are compliant with all trust policies, such as medicines management, Infection control and prevention, Information Governance, Health and Safety.

Responsible for nursing and quality Audits

Contribute to change innovation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.