Dental Nurse

The Dental Access Centre is an NHS commissioned Community Dental Service which includes the provision of comprehensive routine and urgent oral health care to patients of all ages working with a wide range of patient's groups including children and adults with special needs.

The Dental Nurse is a key member of the dental health team devoted to the smooth and efficient running of the surgery to provide a high standard of dental care to the patients. The Dental Nurse will be expected to provide chairside support to a range of clinicians in the delivery of holistic, patient centred oral health care to a very broad range of both paediatric and adult patients many of whom will present with complex needs or to other vulnerable groups.

Be able to communicate effectively with patients, all members of the dental team and other healthcare professionals including GP's, and hospital staff where onward referral may be necessary

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Education & Qualifications

Essential: - National Diploma for Dental Nursing; - Good standard of Education; - Registered with the General Dental Council

Desirable: - Continued interest and pursuit of relevant experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential: - Flexible approach to working; - Be able to communicate with patient groups and use skills to reassure patient where necessary; - Able to work under pressure

Desirable: - Integrity

Experience

Desirable: - Wide experience within NHS dentistry; - Understanding of the remit of the Dental Access Centre