Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified radiography trained dental nurse to work as part of an imaging team. The successful candidates will have responsibility of maintaining a high-quality imaging service. The successful candidates will be working in collaboration with the main Dental Imaging Team based at the Royal London Dental Hospital.
Our outreach sites include
Kenworthy Road – Hackney
Sir Ludwig Guttmann – Stratford
Barkantine Dental Clinic – Isle of Dogs
This is an ideal career opportunity for anyone who is looking for a new challenge. This is an ideal career opportunity for anyone looking to develop their existing skills and be part of our internationally renowned teaching hospital in east London.
Hours of work will be 9am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch. The post will be a split of 80/20 clinical and admin. We are looking for well-motivated conscientious Dental Nurses who would enjoy the challenge of working alongside a wide range of professionals and multidisciplinary teams.
In becoming a Barts Health employee you will be joining an organisation in which safe and compassionate care is at the heart of all we do, this also includes our staff. We have numerous staff benefits as well as providing subscription to a training package which supports our Dental Nurses in completing their annual GDC eCPD.
Candidates must have a good level of experience working as a band 4 Qualified Dental Nurse. Registration with the GDC is mandatory.
Main duties of the job
- To support the clinical services and assist the Dental Nurse Manager in the day-to-day delivery of high-quality service provision within the department.
- Ensure the radiology service is run efficiently and effectively and that all radiation safety requirements are met.
- To ensure a Quality Assurance program is undertaken within the service
- To act as a Radiation Protection Supervisor for the site and maintain good compliance with both local and national guidelines.
- Provide training to clinical staff on the use of equipment on site
- To provide high quality chairside support to all clinicians and ensure that the standard of all dental nursing care is of the highest order and in line with Trust Policies and Procedures
- Support the Dental Nurse Manager in ensuring that both Qualified Dental Nurses and Student Dental Nurses undertake structured departmental practical training and Continuing Professional Development in line with current training curriculums and legislation
- Provide direct line management to band 4 nurses including, sickness management, annual leave, appraisal, performance management and day to day management of their welfare.
- Carry out witness training and support trainees with their Record of Experience
- Develop an in-depth knowledge of the department specialism
- Responsibility for designated areas of clinical operations and other areas of activity as required
- Provide support to the dental nurse managers in the recruitment process
About us
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. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
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. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional/Clinical Responsibilities
- Act in accordance with the General Dental Council, (and other) relevant professional codes of practice and statutory guidelines and be accountable for your actions at all times.
- Work clinically in radiography area or on clinic for at least 80% of contracted hours
- Work with the Senior Staff to ensure high standards of clinical care are delivered to patients
- Undertake appropriate training and practice to ensure you have the right skills and are competent.
- Responsibility for keeping the environment clutter free, clean and raising issues of concern in the interest of staff and patient safety.
- Develop self and contribute to the development of others.
- Maintain high quality standards of dental nursing care, taking responsibility for own Continuing Professional Development.
- Keep up to date with clinical developments and participate in Continuing Professional Development programmes as necessary.
- Ensure continuous update of knowledge and training in medical devices, including working knowledge of the dental chair, dental chair accessories and other dental equipment.
- Reflect on performance within own role and professional boundaries and maintain a professional portfolio to reflect evidence based practice.
- Prepare and participate in the annual performance review and appraisal.
- Identify and agree own learning needs with the Dental Nurse Manager and undertakes appropriate training in line with agreed continuing professional development plan.
- Undertake Trust mandatory training e.g. fire, basic life support, manual handling.
- Where appropriate assist with OSCEs, BDS exam and DCP exams
- Where appropriate leading Fundamentals of Dentistry and preparing sessions
Information Management
- Input, store and provide information and data using agreed procedures and in line with Trust Policy and Data Protection and Confidentiality Legislation.
- Uses appropriate methods to obtain and record data when required
- Stores data and information safely and in a way that allows for retrieval within appropriate time-scales
Education and Professional Development
- Continue own personal professional development and actively participate in activities for further professional development as agreed with the Dental Nurse Manager, and which are in line with the current practice of dentistry, teaching and legislation.
- Prepare and participate in the annual performance review and appraisal.
- Ensure continuous update of knowledge including IRMER, Local rules, IRR.
- Reflect on performance within own role and professional boundaries and maintain a professional portfolio to reflect evidence based practice.
- Undertake Trust mandatory training e.g. fire, basic life support, manual handling etc
- Keep up to date with developments and participate in practical dental training sessions, where available.
- Generate and use appropriate learning opportunities and apply own learning to the development of the dental service
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment. Encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from good practice.
- Alert Senior Radiography staff and the Dental Nurse Manager to issues which may affect learning, development and clinical performance.
- Provide support and guidance to members of the team when the need arises and at the appropriate time.
- Implement learning and development programmes that are consistent with good learning practice and are in line with current legislation, policy and procedure.
- Keep up to date with current legislation
- Monitor the effectiveness of programmes and use the outcomes to suggest changes to improve future training delivery.
Developing Others
- Advise and mentor both qualified dental nurses and student dental nurses on departmental procedures, ensuring high standards of nursing support and best practice taking into consideration the complexity of treatment and experience of individual members of staff.
- Participate in the training of all clinical members of staff in the safe use of the imagining equipment.
- Supervise the work of Student Dental Nurses when allocated to the department for clinical experience and allocate them accordingly to meet the day-to-day demands of the department in the absence of the Dental Manager.
- Act as a role model to colleagues and ensure newly appointed staff and student dental nurses are supported through induction/orientation into clinical areas, according to Trust Policy.
Communication
- Communicate with a range of people on a daily basis some of whom may have communication barriers.
- Act as a role model for effective communication to junior staff and feedback to line manager when communication is considered inappropriate.
- Assist with communication problems which may be presented by patients or their relatives and help the dental undergraduates to resolve these issues.
- Communicate with patients and their relatives in a polite and confident manner
- Develop and maintain communication with people, staff and multidisciplinary teams about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations.
- Disseminate information to staff, patients and dental undergraduates, where necessary.
- Participate in departmental team meetings and promote own thoughts and ideas
- Liaise with Clinicians, and the Dental Nurse Manager on matters relating to dental imaging
Health, Safety and Security
- Ensure appropriate training on contingency planning for radiation incidents, the training of and assistance of radiation protection supervisors to maintain local and national guidelines.
- Maintain knowledge of Health and Safety regulations, including COSHH and its application in an Outreach setting, infection control policies, fire regulations, medical emergency procedures, and incident reporting.
- Develop, promote and maintain an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security.
- Identify processes and systems which promote own and others health, safety and security in the work environment.
- Take appropriate action when there are issues with health, safety and security.
- Assist the Dental Nurse Manager in ensuring that all junior staff are aware of medical devices and materials used, and have received instruction and training in their preparation and use, in line with Health & Safety legislation and COSHH regulations
- Assist the Dental Nurse Manager in ensuring that all qualified dental nurses are trained to act in the event of an emergency
Service Improvement
- Contribute to the improvement of service within the department.
- Make constructive suggestions to line managers, for the improvement of service in relation to both their department and the Dental Hospital where appropriate.
- Identify and report issues that may affect service e.g. breakdown of equipment, inadequate resources.
- Participate in team meetings to discuss ways of implementing qualitative improvements in the service.
- Through effective communication and commitment to service improvement, embrace change in a positive manner and act as a role model within the team.
Equality and Diversity
- Recognise the importance of peoples rights and acts in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures and takes action when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.
- Respect at all times, patient and staff confidentiality and, in particular, the confidentiality of electronically stored date in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Caldicott report and the Freedom of Information Act
Interventions and Treatments
- Have an in-depth working knowledge of all dental radiological procedures associated with the department and provide high quality images. Also provide chair-side support to both clinicians and their patients during all dental procedures undertaken.
- Undertaking specified tasks correctly, and in line with legislation, policies and procedures and/or established protocols
- Ensure that clinical bays are prepared and maintained in accordance with Barts Health Infection Control protocols
- Possess in-depth knowledge of all materials and medicaments and provide guidance, support and supervision of best clinical practice to dental undergraduates during clinical practice.
- Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence within the department to whom the people can turn for assistance, advice and support.
- Ensure that dental materials are prepared in accordance with prescribed techniques
Quality
- Ensure efficient and effective management of clinical and non-clinical responsibilities in a manner which promotes excellence.
- Work in a way that promotes best practice and which addresses Trust legislation policy and procedure for promoting best practice.
- Recognises own limits and capabilities being responsible and accountable for own actions.
- Delegate responsibility to other appropriate team members whist recognising individuals own competence.
- Act as a role model and address self and others contractual obligations in regard to time keeping, sickness absence, attendance, dress code, uniform policy and customer service.
- Support the Dental Nurse Manager in assessing and meeting the teams workload, through own clinical knowledge and practice.
- Strive to promote best practice and enhance quality through own direct practice.
- Support the Dental Nurse Manager to promote the use of effective resources that will enhance quality care and encourage colleagues to do the same.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional/Clinical Responsibilities
- Act in accordance with the General Dental Council, (and other) relevant professional codes of practice and statutory guidelines and be accountable for your actions at all times.
- Work clinically in radiography area or on clinic for at least 80% of contracted hours
- Work with the Senior Staff to ensure high standards of clinical care are delivered to patients
- Undertake appropriate training and practice to ensure you have the right skills and are competent.
- Responsibility for keeping the environment clutter free, clean and raising issues of concern in the interest of staff and patient safety.
- Develop self and contribute to the development of others.
- Maintain high quality standards of dental nursing care, taking responsibility for own Continuing Professional Development.
- Keep up to date with clinical developments and participate in Continuing Professional Development programmes as necessary.
- Ensure continuous update of knowledge and training in medical devices, including working knowledge of the dental chair, dental chair accessories and other dental equipment.
- Reflect on performance within own role and professional boundaries and maintain a professional portfolio to reflect evidence based practice.
- Prepare and participate in the annual performance review and appraisal.
- Identify and agree own learning needs with the Dental Nurse Manager and undertakes appropriate training in line with agreed continuing professional development plan.
- Undertake Trust mandatory training e.g. fire, basic life support, manual handling.
- Where appropriate assist with OSCEs, BDS exam and DCP exams
- Where appropriate leading Fundamentals of Dentistry and preparing sessions
Information Management
- Input, store and provide information and data using agreed procedures and in line with Trust Policy and Data Protection and Confidentiality Legislation.
- Uses appropriate methods to obtain and record data when required
- Stores data and information safely and in a way that allows for retrieval within appropriate time-scales
Education and Professional Development
- Continue own personal professional development and actively participate in activities for further professional development as agreed with the Dental Nurse Manager, and which are in line with the current practice of dentistry, teaching and legislation.
- Prepare and participate in the annual performance review and appraisal.
- Ensure continuous update of knowledge including IRMER, Local rules, IRR.
- Reflect on performance within own role and professional boundaries and maintain a professional portfolio to reflect evidence based practice.
- Undertake Trust mandatory training e.g. fire, basic life support, manual handling etc
- Keep up to date with developments and participate in practical dental training sessions, where available.
- Generate and use appropriate learning opportunities and apply own learning to the development of the dental service
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment. Encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from good practice.
- Alert Senior Radiography staff and the Dental Nurse Manager to issues which may affect learning, development and clinical performance.
- Provide support and guidance to members of the team when the need arises and at the appropriate time.
- Implement learning and development programmes that are consistent with good learning practice and are in line with current legislation, policy and procedure.
- Keep up to date with current legislation
- Monitor the effectiveness of programmes and use the outcomes to suggest changes to improve future training delivery.
Developing Others
- Advise and mentor both qualified dental nurses and student dental nurses on departmental procedures, ensuring high standards of nursing support and best practice taking into consideration the complexity of treatment and experience of individual members of staff.
- Participate in the training of all clinical members of staff in the safe use of the imagining equipment.
- Supervise the work of Student Dental Nurses when allocated to the department for clinical experience and allocate them accordingly to meet the day-to-day demands of the department in the absence of the Dental Manager.
- Act as a role model to colleagues and ensure newly appointed staff and student dental nurses are supported through induction/orientation into clinical areas, according to Trust Policy.
Communication
- Communicate with a range of people on a daily basis some of whom may have communication barriers.
- Act as a role model for effective communication to junior staff and feedback to line manager when communication is considered inappropriate.
- Assist with communication problems which may be presented by patients or their relatives and help the dental undergraduates to resolve these issues.
- Communicate with patients and their relatives in a polite and confident manner
- Develop and maintain communication with people, staff and multidisciplinary teams about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations.
- Disseminate information to staff, patients and dental undergraduates, where necessary.
- Participate in departmental team meetings and promote own thoughts and ideas
- Liaise with Clinicians, and the Dental Nurse Manager on matters relating to dental imaging
Health, Safety and Security
- Ensure appropriate training on contingency planning for radiation incidents, the training of and assistance of radiation protection supervisors to maintain local and national guidelines.
- Maintain knowledge of Health and Safety regulations, including COSHH and its application in an Outreach setting, infection control policies, fire regulations, medical emergency procedures, and incident reporting.
- Develop, promote and maintain an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security.
- Identify processes and systems which promote own and others health, safety and security in the work environment.
- Take appropriate action when there are issues with health, safety and security.
- Assist the Dental Nurse Manager in ensuring that all junior staff are aware of medical devices and materials used, and have received instruction and training in their preparation and use, in line with Health & Safety legislation and COSHH regulations
- Assist the Dental Nurse Manager in ensuring that all qualified dental nurses are trained to act in the event of an emergency
Service Improvement
- Contribute to the improvement of service within the department.
- Make constructive suggestions to line managers, for the improvement of service in relation to both their department and the Dental Hospital where appropriate.
- Identify and report issues that may affect service e.g. breakdown of equipment, inadequate resources.
- Participate in team meetings to discuss ways of implementing qualitative improvements in the service.
- Through effective communication and commitment to service improvement, embrace change in a positive manner and act as a role model within the team.
Equality and Diversity
- Recognise the importance of peoples rights and acts in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures and takes action when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.
- Respect at all times, patient and staff confidentiality and, in particular, the confidentiality of electronically stored date in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Caldicott report and the Freedom of Information Act
Interventions and Treatments
- Have an in-depth working knowledge of all dental radiological procedures associated with the department and provide high quality images. Also provide chair-side support to both clinicians and their patients during all dental procedures undertaken.
- Undertaking specified tasks correctly, and in line with legislation, policies and procedures and/or established protocols
- Ensure that clinical bays are prepared and maintained in accordance with Barts Health Infection Control protocols
- Possess in-depth knowledge of all materials and medicaments and provide guidance, support and supervision of best clinical practice to dental undergraduates during clinical practice.
- Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence within the department to whom the people can turn for assistance, advice and support.
- Ensure that dental materials are prepared in accordance with prescribed techniques
Quality
- Ensure efficient and effective management of clinical and non-clinical responsibilities in a manner which promotes excellence.
- Work in a way that promotes best practice and which addresses Trust legislation policy and procedure for promoting best practice.
- Recognises own limits and capabilities being responsible and accountable for own actions.
- Delegate responsibility to other appropriate team members whist recognising individuals own competence.
- Act as a role model and address self and others contractual obligations in regard to time keeping, sickness absence, attendance, dress code, uniform policy and customer service.
- Support the Dental Nurse Manager in assessing and meeting the teams workload, through own clinical knowledge and practice.
- Strive to promote best practice and enhance quality through own direct practice.
- Support the Dental Nurse Manager to promote the use of effective resources that will enhance quality care and encourage colleagues to do the same.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
- General Dental Council registration
- Post Qualification Certificate in Radiography
- Ability to deputise for the Dental Nurse Manager
- Knowledge of range of dental nursing procedures acquired through training and experience
- Registered as a witness on the NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing programme ( or be working towards this)
Experience
Essential
- Experience in dental nursing
- Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues
- Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department
- Previous experience of working in a hospital setting
- Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate
Desirable
- Supervision and mentoring of dental nurses and trainee dental nurses and their work within a clinical environment
- Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise care
- Excellent Leadership and organisational Skills
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work
- Ability to identify and access the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
- General Dental Council registration
- Post Qualification Certificate in Radiography
- Ability to deputise for the Dental Nurse Manager
- Knowledge of range of dental nursing procedures acquired through training and experience
- Registered as a witness on the NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing programme ( or be working towards this)
Experience
Essential
- Experience in dental nursing
- Ability to work as part of a team with a professional approach towards work and colleagues
- Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to department
- Previous experience of working in a hospital setting
- Responsibility for maintaining stock levels and ordering where appropriate
Desirable
- Supervision and mentoring of dental nurses and trainee dental nurses and their work within a clinical environment
- Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise care
- Excellent Leadership and organisational Skills
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work
- Ability to identify and access the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
