Band 5 Specialist Implant Dental Nurse

Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.

To prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre and post operative instructions as required.

To undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs as required.

To ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.

To provide chair side assistance and postoperative instructions as required.

To provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.

To assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.

To support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.

To support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.

Stock control/rotation and the ordering of dental consumables as required from appropriate suppliers.

For a detailed description of the role, please see attached Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse job description and person specification

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Education

Desirable: - Other Dental Nursing post qualifications; - Recognised Teaching Qualification at Level 3 or equivalent

Experience