Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities
•    Ensure the delivery of high quality professional care throughout the department
•    Represent the department in a professional manner at all times

MANAGERIAL
•    Deputise on occasions in the absence of the Dental Nurse Team Manager
•    Ensure all mandatory training implemented by the Trust is carried out.

CLINICAL/TECHNICAL
•    To ensure that patients and visitors needs are met in a courteous, helpful & compassionate way.
•    Act as a named nurse for Department clinics.

ORTHODONTICS
•    Provide chair side assistance for Orthodontic clinics.
•    Assist clinicians facilitating four-handed orthodontic procedures.

MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
•    Provide chair side assistance for MaxilloFacial clinics
•    Assist with head and neck trauma patients referred by Accident & Emergency Department utilising necessary expertise.

LOCAL ANAESTHETIC
•    Assist with invasive surgical procedures requiring a high degree of accuracy and dexterity.
•    Set up sterile surgical trolleys with all relevant equipment for the proposed procedure. 

INTRAVENOUS SEDATION – If Qualified
•    Act as the second appropriate person during intravenous sedation sessions.
•    Monitor patients clinically and electronically on pulse-oximeters, during surgical procedures while under a sedative medication.

RADIOGRAPHY
•    Take intra oral and extra oral radiographic examinations following a clinical prescription observing radiological policies and procedures.
•    Critique and assess quality of images.

MAINTENANCE
•    Check portable drill and calibrate machine and motors prior to surgery.
•    Check and test Blood Glucose monitor.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (Training / Education)
•    Be conversant with policies and procedures relating to Fire and Health & Safety.
•    Report all accidents and complaints in accordance with Trust policies and assist in investigations of complaints and accidents as required.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Work closely with medical colleagues providing dental nursing expertise.
•    Maintain effective communication links both formal and informal with all staff and external professional agencies and bodies.

GENERAL  ENVIRONMENT
•    Due to the wide range of tasks the staff member will be required to carry out, they will encounter situations, which will be distressing when dealing with patients, having a wide range of needs.
•    They will frequently have to work with hazardous substances i.e: bodily fluids, blood products, radiation and highly flammable toxic substances.

Please refer to the Job Description for further details

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.  

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing  employment  with  the  Trust,  all  employees  (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are  subject  to  a probationary period lasting  a  period  of  six  months  with  an  option  to extend  for  a  further  six  months  to  a total of  12 months.