Senior Dental Nurse Advisor

The Out of Hours Dental Service provides emergency oral health care for patients , evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

The service is looking to recruit a Band 5 Senior Dental Nurse Advisor

This essential role will provide leadership & supervisory support for staff and clinical sessions.

Co-ordinate teamwork without direct supervision on site at the weekend together with an administration responsibility for staff rosters and payments.

The post holder will also provide assistance to the service Lead Clinician and Operations Manager.

Applicants must have excellent leadership, organisational and communication knowledge & skills alongside the experience of a qualified Dental Nurse

The individual will need to demonstrate innovation and initiative with a keen focus on continuing service development.

This is a part-time post, 15 hours per week and will include working one day Monday to Friday for administration responsibilities plus alternate Saturdays & Sundays.

This is a leadership role requiring 2 administration sessions per week to include managing the OOHs Health Roster, staff appraisals, completing staff bank shift payments as required.

2 sessions providing Dentalnurse advisor support on site for the OOHs Service to include evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring adequate clinical, nursing and reception cover for the OOH clinics completing a monthly staff programme on the OOHs workspace and circulating to staff. The role will include the line management and leadership for all sessional Band 4 Dental Nurses and Band 3 Clinic co-ordinators To provide management support to the OOHs Lead Dentist . Operational and DentalNurse Line Managers. To provide cover for planned leave of 2ndDN Advisor when required. To. liaise with external agencies eg Medivo – Devon Doctors.

To be responsible for the OOHs phone/receive/manage changes to planned shifts (on call basis) on a rotational basis.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.