Dental Nurse

Alongside all routine dental nursing duties, you will: Carry out nurse led clinics using your post qualification in Oral health or assisting during IV clinics. As a band 5 nurse you will be required to see a minimum number of patients within the nurse led clinic to maintain your band 5 status. You will be expected to assist the dental surgeon in the provision of a complete range of NHS dental care to include treatment under inhalation sedation, general anaesthesia or IV sedation where appropriate. Accurately record treatment using the R4 dental electronic system, including charting from the dentists instructions at the time of treatment. You will be required to participate in the annual individual performance review process. You will be required to carry out other appropriate duties commensurate with the post. e.g school visits, home visits and Epidemiology. Your base will be specified but you will be expected to work at any of the Special Care Dental Service sites throughout
Hertfordshire to cover staff sickness/Annual Leave/Study leave when required. There may be the need for you to sit or stand in restricted positions and be able to respond to unexpected changes of treatment plan. This may involve the movement of bulky heavy equipment e.g. hoists. There will be occasional direct exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances such as during the treatment of very sick children or patients with challenging behaviour Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19. We welcome diversity in out workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in