Job Description

Gloucestershire Community Dental Services delivers high quality care to individuals with additional and complex needs across the County. We are currently looking for two experienced and enthusiastic GDC registered dental nurses to join our dedicated and supportive team. We have opportunities available at our Stroud clinic (30.0 hours per week) and Southgate Moorings clinic Gloucester (22.5 hours per week), with an expectation to cover at alternative sites when required.



In this rewarding role, you will support our dentists and dental therapists across a range of settings - including dental clinics and domiciliary care environments. You will need to demonstrate excellent team working skills as well as the ability to work independently and use your own initiative when required.



Be able to communicate with a variety of service users who have individual needs and other health professionals



To be proficient in the use of all dental equipment including all performance checks and identifying maintenance issues



Carry out stock control and maintenance of stock in the surgeries



Provide chair side dental nurse duties assisting the dentists delivering dental treatment in the community dental service



Ensure all necessary instruments, equipment and materials are prepared and ready for use on each patient, there is a specific requirement for accuracy during all procedures with little or no margin for error



Make available fine instruments and materials for clinical use, have a thorough knowledge of all instruments, equipment and materials used. Constantly having to interpret the needs of both patients and clinicians and be able to deal with them promptly and efficiently.



Will need to handle patients, stock and equipment following manual handling techniques laid down by the trust



Processing of radiographs using toxic chemicals and mounting x-rays, responsible for accurate labelling and filing of x-rays



Ensure that all records are available when required including medical history forms and x-rays



The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the /Person Specification.



We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.



Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:



72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.



This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.



We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module "Preceptorship for Healthcare" (AP7026).



Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.



This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Government's UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas