Dental Nurse team Leader

Job overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dental Nurse team leader based at Loxford Polyclinic in Outer North East London (ONEL). We are seeking to appoint someone who is passionate about delivering a high-quality standard of care to our patients.

The Service compliments general and hospital dental services and involves multi-agency working to provide a range of quality dental services. The range of services includes Sedation, Special Care Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry, Domiciliary care, Bariatric and Mobile Dental services (Homeless/Medium secure unit).

You'll need to be able to work in a very busy environment whilst remaining calm and be able to demonstrate a good understand of and commitment to delivering excellent standards of care.

Main duties of the job

The Dental Nurse Team Leader is responsible for the day to day running
of all Dental services and compliance for either dental surgeries or Mobile Dental Units.

You will hold responsibility for the appraisal and supervision of dental nurses and administrator/reception staff. You will be required to provide chair side assistance to clinicians as required.

Some DNTL’s will have additional duties such as the Lead for IHSS and the WTE allocated to the role will reflect the time required for the additional duties.

Working for our organisation

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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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 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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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body (Qualified Dental Nurse GDC)
• Degree in a health relevant subject or willingness to complete a degree (within 3 years of appointment) or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Desirable criteria

• Mentoring qualification or equivalent
• Coaching qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of recent community/acute healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment

Desirable criteria

• Experience of line management of staff.
• Experience of working in a community dental setting.
• Experience in the use of dental applications software

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Awareness of national guidance and recent developments in NHS dentistry Knowledge of up to date clinical practice

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of NHS policies.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• A sound knowledge of the Microsoft package

Desirable criteria

• Understanding and commitment to upholding clinical and GDC standards

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