Dental Nurse

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Band 4 Dental Nurse to join our team at Langthorne Dental Clinic.

This is on a part time basis for 30 hours per week. Salary for this role will be Band 4 AFC £28,392 - £31,157 + 15% Outer London HCA, pro rata, per annum.

As a Band 4 Dental Nurse, you will work closely with all users of our services and their families, friends and carers who all play an invaluable contribution in how users experience our services. Band 4’s are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the health economy.

Main duties of the job

• Follow up Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of delegated caseload and escalating changes to the Registered Practitioner.
• To support in the supervision of Junior Health Care Support Workers and Trainees.
• To actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality care to patients.
• To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent.
• To undertake clinical interventions utilising a variety of modes, including planning and leading group and individual therapy and issuing appropriate equipment as part of packages of prescribed care after achieving appropriate competencies.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.