Job summary
- Main area
- Community Dental
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 249-7906910
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury Central Health Clinic
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dental Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 4
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
Dental Nurse
Community Dental Service
Salisbury
Band 4 - Full Time
Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time experienced and highly motivated qualified Dental Nurse with excellent clinical and administrative skills to join our dynamic Community Dental team covering our Salisbury site.
The successful candidate should be a qualified registered Dental Nurse and will possess excellent clinical, communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
The Community Dental Service in Wiltshire and Swindon offers urgent care clinics for patients experiencing dental pain, special care clinics for adults and Children with additional needs who are not able to access their treatment at a general dentist across four sites. The service also provides hospital sessions in Salisbury, Swindon and Bath.
You must be a car driver, with access to a vehicle to carry out the role. You may also be required to work at other Dental Clinics within Wiltshire and Swindon. This role includes weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis. The post holder will be required to work 0830 – 1700, with one hour for lunch, five days per week.
Further information about this post can be found in the attached Job Description. We welcome informal contact from you (telephone calls, visits, meeting colleagues) in advance of your application. In the first instance please contact Jackie Furness on 01249 456698 or by email on [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of the Clinical Dental Team. The Dental Team provides emergency and special care for a wide range of patients across Wiltshire. The post holder will support the dental officer with a range of dental treatment for urgent care patients in severe pain who do not have a dentist and referred patients with special/additional needs.
Urgent care patients may require special attention due to culture, faith and religion, language barriers, understanding of expectation of treatment provided, active symptoms such as pain, phobia and anxiety.
Special care patients will require specialist care due to complex medical conditions, physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems which exclude them from having treatment in the General Dental Service.
The post holder will be required to work to a flexible shift pattern which will include weekends and Bank Holidays
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To comply with the GDC standards and Scope of Practice
2. To comply with GWH Trust Policies & CDS Local Operating Procedures.
3. To maintain their own clinical and professional development in dental nursing and participate in annual appraisal.
4. Maintain effective communication and professional relationships, at all times, with patients and their relatives, colleagues and other members of the public. To liaise with other health professionals including schools, nursing homes and hospital departments.
5. To provide and receive complex and sensitive patient related medical information. This should include identifying any barriers to communication and implementing actions to overcome them eg contacting Language Line for non-English speaking patients and carers.
6. Provide pre- and post-operative advice on dental care to patients.
7. To take responsibility for the Health & Safety and Fire inspection checklist. Assist in development, implementation and review of health & safety risk assessments and safe systems of work.
8. Duties include the preparation of the dental surgery and clinical chair side activity for dental treatment.
9. Inputting patient related information to SFD IT system as directed by the Dentist.
10. Receiving patients into the treatment room and assisting the dentist during all clinical procedures.
11. Responsibility for maintaining of decontamination and infection control in line with CDS Infection Control LOP and protocol for decontamination of equipment for the site.
12. Maintaining and requesting appropriate stock levels, ensuring that the stock/emergency drugs are within expiry date & that materials are stored appropriately.
13. Checking invoices for incoming stock and materials.
14. To act as chaperone and witness for the dentist.
15. To provide dental nurse cover for clinics, sometimes at short notice.
16. To take part in regular audits as appropriate.
17. Undertaking other or additional duties commensurate with the grade as directed by the Dental Nurse Team Manager and to maintain the necessary skills and knowledge through appropriate training.
18. To carry out duties away from base clinic including domiciliary visits, dental epidemiology surveys, day surgery under general anaesthetic in acute hospital settings, conscious sedation sessions and dental health education programmes.
19. There is a requirement to work alongside the dentist using manual handling aids including a hoist and to keep up to date with manual handling training.
20. To ensure compliance with GWH Trust arrangements for mandatory training.
21. To take responsibility for enhanced continuing professional development (CPD) to meet registration requirements of General Dental Council (GDC) / Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals - 50 hours verifiable in 5-year cycle.
22. To ensure annual registration with the GDC
Patient Client Care
23. Work as part of a team to deliver high quality dental care to patients
Financial Responsibilities
24. Receiving patient charges
Working Conditions
25. Occasional exposure to unpleasant conditions, working in confined spaces in patient homes including verbal aggression.
26. Frequent contact with body fluids, blood and saliva.
Physical Effort
27. This post involves walking, standing, and sitting, carrying, pushing and pulling of trolleys during clinics - alongside SSOW.
28. Requirement to operate dental equipment for domiciliary, radiography, sedation, epidemiology and dental clinics.
Mental Effort
29. Frequent requirement for intense concentration
Emotional Effort
30. Exposure to emotional or distressing circumstances including medical emergency.
31. Caring for distressed and anxious patients who can be unwell.
Other Factors
32. The post holder will be required to travel to other clinics to maintain operational service cover and hold business insurance for driving during working hours.
33. Requirement to work weekends and Bank Holidays
34. Ability to drive and access to a motor vehicle, with business insurance
35. Dealing with distressed patients/clients regularly
36. Regular VDU usage,
37. Requirement to move small equipment between sites as required
Flexibility
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.
Supplementary Information
This job description should be read alongside the Supplementary Information provided on NHS Jobs for applicants and alongside the Employee Handbook for current staff members.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration as DCP with General Dental Council
- NEBDN National Certificate, NVQ level 3 in Oral Health (Dental Nursing) (or exceptionally similar qualification plus appropriate experience)
- Willingness to study towards gaining the NEBDN Certificate in Dental Sedation Nursing via CPD funding
Desirable criteria
- Sedation Dental Nurse Qualification (additional qualification)
- Special Care Dental Nurse Qualification (additional qualification)
- Dental Radiography Qualification (additional qualification)
- Understanding of the meaning of clinical supervision/mentoring
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a Dental Nurse
- Experience of Health and Safety practice relevant to this post
- Wide range of experience in Dental procedures
- Experience in operating IT systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience operating SFD IT system
- Experience of working within a Community Dental setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jackie Furness
- Job title
- Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01249456596
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