Lead Dental Nurse

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Dental Nurse Manager - Sedation Services and Special care
We are currently recruiting a Band 6 Dental Nurse Manager to oversee our Sedation Clinics and Special Care service. The successful candidate will spend time overseeing our special care service & ensuring that sedation services across our departments are covered with the correct skills mix of nurses overseeing their development and training.
The special care service is growing and as well as sedation clinics our clinical teams run GA sessions in a main theatre.This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to grow their skills in the above areas. The successful candidate should have a Sedation Qualification and experience of special care dentistry.
We have some sedation services running in our outreach centres and the successful candidate may be asked to oversee these sedation services. These clinics are in Leytonstone, Stratford & Isle of Dogs.
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.
The post holder will have a 50/50 split role, this will entail being the Dental Nurse Manager for Special Care & the Dental Nurse Manager for sedation nursing.
The post holder will provide leadership to the Dental Nurse team, inspiring them with excellent clinical skills & a visible commitment to patient-centeredness. They will work with the Lead Dental Nurse & Senior Nurse to escalate department & staffing issues where appropriate.
They will conduct clinical dental nursing on a minimum of two days per week, ensuring credibility with the nursing team & role modelling excellent clinical nursing skills. They will line manage the Senior Dental Nurses & an agreed number of Dental Nurses on the special care department.
The post holder will take over all responsibility for the sedation nursingacross the dental network, including Special Care, Oral Surgery, Paediatric sedation & sedation services in our networked sites. Along with management of Dental Nurses, the successful candidate will work with 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.
They will represent their department at nurse management meeting and the clinical governance group & will be expected to take responsibly for delivering agreed actions with nursing teams. The post holder will deputize for the Lead Dental Nurse in her absence. 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 have the impetus & 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. 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.
General Dental Council registration
Ability to deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse
Registered as a witness on the NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing programme (or be working towards this)

Post Qualification Certificate in special care dental nursing
Experience of working in OMFS/Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine

Experience in working as a Band 5 senior dental similar NHS setting
Evidence of knowledge and experience of HR processes and policies
Evidence of service improvement.
Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses

Experience of line management of Dental Nurses and supervision and mentoring of trainee dental nurses and their work within a clinical environment


Knowledge of range of dental nursing procedures
Acquired through training and experience
Ability to work under pressure and prioritize care.
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.

Excellent communication skills and demonstrable ability in high level of customer care.
Ability to identify how to manage risks and to support others to manage risk.
Experience of mentoring dental nurses and trainee dental nurses.
Participation or involvement in continuing professional development including appraisal
Ability to support others in maintain health and safety and security
Knowledge of current emerging NHS strategy and policy.


Barts Health NHS Trust
The Royal London Hospital

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