Registered Dental nurse

The successful candidate will be a Registered Dental nurse interested in developing the service to our patients. We would welcome any applications for this Band 5 role from those with 2 years post qualification experience in Dental Nursing and hold a recognised specialised post registration qualification such as Dental Sedation Nursing, Orthodontic Dental Nursing or Oral Health Education.

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and a compassionate nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to help us to deliver outstanding treatment and care to our patients.

This is a great opportunity for you to develop and expand your skills as a dental nurse to the next level.

You will assist in our orthodontics, restorative and specialised clinics such as MDT clinic, as well as oral surgery clinics, day surgery theatre list, minor oral surgery operations and nurse led clinics. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference numbers.

PPE requirements:
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Final date to receive applications:
This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you:
We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information:
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting:
The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses:
It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking:
All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

This post is an opportunity for a Full Time Registered Dental Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team and support the speciality to ensure the provision of a high standard of patient care.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

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