Dental Nurse Manager (Undergraduates)

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a compassionate and caring approach to patients, be well organised, well presented, practice excellent Infection Prevention and Control, be flexible in their approach to work, work effectively as part of a team, and use their own initiative to manage a team of Dental Nurses while providing support to the clinical members of the team.

Main duties of the job

• Provide leadership to the Dental Nurse team on a daily basis, inspiring them with strong leadership, excellent clinical skills and a visible and exemplary commitment to patient‑centredness.
• Work collaboratively with the Lead Dental Nurse and the Matron to raise department and staffing issues where appropriate.
• Carry out clinical dental nursing on a minimum of two days per week, ensuring credibility with the nursing team and role‑modeling excellent clinical nursing skills.
• Line‑manage the Senior Dental Nurses and an agreed number of Dental Nurses in the department.
• Work closely with the Senior Dental Nurses to delegate key operational tasks to them in the day‑to‑day operational management of clinical services.
• Represent the department at nurse management meetings and the clinical governance group, and take responsibility for delivering agreed actions with nursing teams.
• Deputise for the Lead Dental Nurse in her absence.
• Manage required operational tasks for the department, including responsibility for ordering stock and ensuring maintenance and repair of equipment.

Qualifications

• NEBDN and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent.
• Post‑Qualification Certificate.

Experience

• Experience of working with Undergraduate Students.
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of HR processes and policies.
• Evidence of service improvement.
• Previous experience of working in a hospital setting.
• Responsibility for clinical activities appropriate to the department.
• Experience of line management of Dental Nurses and supervision and mentoring of trainee dental nurses within a clinical environment.
• Participation in the recruitment and selection of dental nurses.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of dental nursing procedures acquired through training and experience.
• Knowledge of leadership models.
• Knowledge of current emerging NHS strategy and policy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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