Band 5 Specialist Nurse - Oral Surgery/Oral Medicine/Unscheduled Care

Job overview

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 an enthusiastic, dynamic and hard working Band 5 Specialist Dental Nurse to join the Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Unscheduled Dental Care nursing team at Birmingham Dental Hospital.

The post holder will need to hold a post qualification in conscious sedation.

The post holder is expected to work on Wednesdays and Fridays to support the service need.

• 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) and Community Dental Services (CDS) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required. Dental Nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Hospital and within our outreach sites. To provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service. To carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.

Main duties of the job

• 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 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.
• To support the patients through the conscious sedation pathway by providing chairside assistance, give pre-op and post-op instructions, prepare patients for discharge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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