Band 3 Civilian Dental Nurse

Band 3 Civilian Dental Nurse Bulford, England

Ministry of Defence
Full Time Bulford, England 21730 - 23177 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

286618

Salary

£21,730 - £23,177
Per annum, pro rata for Part Time

Job grade

Other
Band 3

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Strategic Command - Defence Medical Services (DMS)

Type of role

Health Professionals
Medical

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

Dental Centre Bulford, Ward Barracks, Bulford, Wiltshire SP4 9AD

About the job

Job summary

Are you confident, reliable, and resourceful? Do you have a good work ethic, loads of common sense, excellent communication skills, do you want to deliver the best clinical care and education to your patients?

Does this sound like you? Then the dental team at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) Bulford would love to hear from you!

Job description

We are looking for a dental nurse who is dynamic, organised and enthusiastic, a professional who will bring a good sense of work ethos and humour to the team and patients.

This position offers 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday. The salary and Recruitment & Retention Allowance (RRA) £1500 per annum will be both be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken.

All applications for part time or job share to cover these hours are welcome. All requests to work flexibly will be considered, allowing for business needs

Person specification

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

  • Maintaining the standard and cleanliness of the surgery and accommodation for which you are responsible, reporting any deficiencies and following local protocols.

  • Providing clinical and administrative support for the provision of dental care in DPHC dental centres, enhancing force generation and operational capability and minimising dental morbidity on operations.adiographs for review by the prescribing Dental Officer.

Please read the attached job description/Terms of Reference and person specification prior to applying to fully understand all the duties required by Civilian Dental Nurse within DPHC.

Qualifications

  • National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) Certificate or National Vocational Qualification in Oral Healthcare Dental Nursing Level 3.
  • Registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) (please include details on any current, spent, or impending restrictions to practice)

Memberships

Registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) (please include details on any current, spent, or impending restrictions to practice)

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
  • NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
  • NHS Core – NHSC3 – Health, Safety & Security
  • NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
  • NHS Core – NHSC5 – Quality
  • NHS Core – NHSC6 – Equality and Diversity

Benefits

  • Access to the NHS pension scheme
  • Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) £1500 per annum (pro-rata)
  • On-call allowance, if applicable
  • Inclusive working environment
  • Discount fee to access fitness facilities
  • Free parking & laundry of clinical wear
  • GDC Annual Fees are currently reimbursed
  • Paid holiday entitlement
  • Continuous professional development (CPD) training supplied
  • Career development training available
  • On-site free laundry for clinical clothing & free clinical footwear
  • Defence Discount Card that offers discount in many shops an on-line shopping

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Consideration will be given to candidates from nationalities other than those outlined in the advert, only in exceptional circumstances and only where compliant with the Civil Service Nationality Rules. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1058926/civil-service-nationality-rules.pdf

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

Due to COVID 19, there is now a requirement for dental clinical staff to be fit tested for a FFP3 mask, which has to be worn when managing a patient who is undergoing an aerosol generating procedure (AGP) the successful candidate will be fit tested prior to commencing employment.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. In-line with the NHS England approach, MOD is in the process of making full vaccination a condition of deployment for its healthcare workers employed across the UK. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination status during the recruitment process. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

Candidates who hold the qualifications but are not yet registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) are eligible to apply for this vacancy. However, if found successful it is a requirement that you are registered with the GDC prior to starting in the post.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Further information

Refer to the further information document

Band 3 Civilian Dental Nurse
Ministry of Defence

www.mod.gov.me
Podgorica, Montenegro
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Government
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