Dental Nurse Manager

Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Dental Nurse Manager to join our team. This is a permanent post, full-time, 5 days per week, 37.5 hours a week. The job will be based in the Paediatric Dental Department at The Royal London Dental Hospital in Whitechapel.

• The post holder will provide leadership to the Dental Nurse team on a daily basis, inspiring them with strong leadership, excellent clinical skills and a visible and exemplary commitment to patient-centeredness.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with the Lead Dental Nurse and the Matron to escalate department and staffing issues where appropriate.
• The post holder will carry out clinical dental nursing on a minimum of two days per week, ensuring credibility with the nursing team and role modelling excellent clinical nursing skills.
• The post holder will line manage the Senior Dental Nurses and an agreed number of Dental Nurses in the department.
• As well as line management of Dental Nurses, the post holder will work closely with the Senior Dental Nurses to delegate several key operational tasks to the SDNs in the day-to-day operational management of clinical services.
• The post holder will represent their department at nurse management meetings and the clinical governance group and will be expected to take responsibility for delivering agreed actions with nursing teams.
• The post holder will deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse in her absence.
• The post holder will manage several required operational tasks for their department, as set out by the Management Team. This will include, as a minimum, responsibility for ordering stock and ensuring maintenance and repair of equipment.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging.

The Paediatric Dental Department is formed of a multidisciplinary team which provides a range of dental treatment to our patients, including supporting Postgraduate Dentists, DCTs, Registrars, Dental Theatres and The Special Care Team. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with a range of staff including consultants, specialist dentists, Hygiene/Therapy tutors and QMUL University. In becoming a Barts Health Dental Nurse Manager you will be joining an organisation in which safe and compassionate care is at the heart of what we do, and that includes our staff.