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The Role
The post holder works as part of a team of Qualified Dental Nurses and provides full surgery and administrative support to Clinicians (Public Dental Officers, Senior Dental Officers, Consultant Orthodontists, Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, Associate Specialists, training grade dentists, SpRs, SHOs, Dental Hygienists & Dental Therapists). The duties include all the duties normally expected of a Qualified Dental Nurse in terms of chair/bed side, surgery and theatre clinical assistance and administrative assistance.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Hold a Nationally recognised Dental Nurse Qualification.
- Be on the GDC’s register for Dental Nurses
- Have a level of specialist theoretical knowledge and practical skills that will enable them to work with a variety of clinicians and respond to any situation that develops, including emergencies
- Experience working in a dental surgery. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment and experience of working as a dental nurse in more than one branch of dentistry would be advantageous
- Have experience of working with a variety of clinicians in a variety of settings and be able to confidently assist the dentist to provide a full range of dental treatment
- The postholder’s experience will ensure they have a level of understanding of and can anticipate the support the dentist and the patient needs so that treatment can be provided in a safe, economical, efficient and effective manner.
- Commitment to continuing Professional Development
- Experience in clinical governance including audit
- The ability to work with people and have a range of patient management skills and good interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate well at all levels – good reporting skills verbal and written
- A flexible and adaptable approach to work
- Abel to demonstrate self motivation , use initiative and accept responsibility
- Good organizational and administrative skills.
- The ability to take direction and work as part of a team through procedures and protocols to meet agreed targets.
- The ability, when necessary, to use initiative, intuition and know how in imaginative and creative ways to overcome problems and stimulate change.
- To be able to cope confidentially with a designated work remit, but yet remain a part of the wider dental team in Lanarkshire.
- IT skills , be able to use a computer and have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and an understanding of the Data Protection act
- Knowledge of dental procedures, new techniques and up to date knowledge about materials.
- Awareness of patient confidentiality, child protection issues, the Disability Discrimination Act and the Adults with Incapacity Act
- Car driver with valid a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time & Part Time
37 & 15 hours
Please note may be a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Public Dental Service within Buchanan Centre
The working pattern for this role will be confirmed by the hiring manager.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Alison Kerr, Senior Dental Nurse on Alison.Kerr@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Jennifer Hughes, Recruitment Administrator on jennifer.hughes@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Right to Work within the UK
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.