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Job reference: 102871
Salary: Band 5 (£26,104 - £32,915)
Job closing date: 30/05/2022
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Flexible Location
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 22.5
Job posted date: 16/05/2022
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education for Scotland
Department: Clinical Effectiveness (Dental)

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Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working.  We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.

Who We Are

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a special health board within NHS Scotland, with responsibility of developing and delivering education and training for the healthcare workforce in Scotland.

NES Dental Directorate is responsible for delivering high quality education and training across a diverse range of training programmes throughout Scotland.  The Directorate supports and incorporates the work of Health Care Science and Optometry.

NES helps ensure quality of patient care by designing, commissioning, quality assuring and, where appropriate, providing education, training and lifelong learning for the NHS workforce in Scotland. NES has responsibility for advancing knowledge and developing the skills of all NHS staff to help them work together with maximum effectiveness for the benefit of patients.  The aim is to produce best practice in education and lifelong learning through:

•           building workforce capacity for service improvement

•           delivering educational support for national clinical priorities

•           developing educational infrastructures

•           strengthening partnership working

The Dental Directorate is responsible for the management, funding and provision of Postgraduate Education for Dentists and Dental Care Professionals within Scotland and pre-registration training for dental nurses. Postgraduate Education is provided for practitioners within the General Dental Service, Public Dental Services and the Hospital Dental Service.   The Directorate is responsible for overseeing the provision of Foundation Training for new dental graduates, and CPD courses for general dental practitioners and the dental care professionals. In addition to this the directorate oversees the dental training grades in the Hospital service and is responsible for the management of Dental ACT and student outreach funds.  There are also workstreams for Clinical Effectiveness, Priority Groups and Business Support Shared Services.

An opportunity has arisen within NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to apply for the post of Dental Tutor with the Quality Improvement in-practice Training (QIiPT) Team which is part of the Clinical Effectiveness Workstream. We are seeking a GDC registered Dental Nurse with a keen interest in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) who would welcome the opportunity to work with the QIiPT Team of Dental Tutors and contribute to the development and delivery of a full range of education and training programmes in IPC and Quality Improvement for health and social care professionals in Scotland.

We are looking for a Dental Nurse with post-registration experience of clinical dental procedures carried out in a dental primary care environment as well as an active post registration portfolio, with a keen interest in learning and development. Experience in designing, delivering training or mentoring learners would be advantageous, but training and support will be provided. 

As an effective team player, you will possess excellent organisational, communication and IT skills. Some experience of online learning would be helpful.

The QIiPT Team also closely liaise with Business Support staff to plan and deliver IPC education and training across the Scotland. This is a national post and the base location can be flexible, within the central belt.

This is exciting and rewarding work which aims to support dental teams in maintaining and updating their knowledge and skills in IPC practice and in helping to ensure they are enabled to deliver safe, person-centred and effective high quality dental care.

You will be expected to deal with a range of queries from a variety of professionals in a courteous and professional manner. 

Informal enquiries may be directed to Lee McArthur by emailing lee.mcarthur@nhs.scot

For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.

Closing date:  30th May 2022

Interview date: from the 30th June 2022

We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief. https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/

If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at:  NES HR Recruitment: recruitment.hr@nes.scot.nhs.uk


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