Dental Nurse GA Theatre Band 4 inEdgbaston inEdgbaston PUBLISHED
WED 11 DEC 2024
Additionally, the role includes clerical and administrative duties to facilitate the smooth operation of the clinic, providing oral health education, and assisting in the training and supervision of apprentice nurses and students. The position requires a commitment to delivering patient-focused care and supporting the overall efficiency of the dental service team.
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Are you looking for a new exciting career within the NHS? Are you patient focussed and want to deliver high quality dental care?
We are seeking enthusiastic, hard working dental nurses to join the theatre team.
To work flexibly within a dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH).
Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Hospital.
The main role is to carry out scrub provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service mainly in theatres, but you may be required to cover other departments within the hospital.
To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.
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 during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
To provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
To assist the theatre manager in the smooth running of the Theatre service.
To support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
To support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.
About us
For a detailed description of the role, please see attached Band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse job description and person specification
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