dental assistant Liverpool, England
Job description
Liverpool University Dental Hospital provides dental care across all specialities through undergraduate, postgraduate and specialist service activity.
Applications are invited for the post of Registered Dental Nurse within the Dental Hospital. Applicants must be registered with the General Dental Council and hold a recognised dental nurse qualification. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent clinical and communication skills.
To provide the highest quality of nursing care, to all staff and students within the trust.
Carry out the duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation.
The Dental Nurse will be expected to work with minimum of supervision, using their own initiative.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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- Reception of patients.
- Recording of treatment, including charting from the clinicians instructions and other associated clerical work.
- Preparation of filling materials, impression materials, instruments, equipment, dressings and syringes.
- Clearing away used instruments and materials and keeping the treatment area clean whilst adhering to the highest Infection Prevention and Control procedures.
- Medical emergency treatment for collapse, eg coronary attack, fainting, bleeding tooth socket, epilepsy etc.
- Assisting at preparation for investigations, eg x-ray procedures, blood tests and bacteriological tests.
- Triage of patients attending for emergency treatment.
- Management of children attending the clinic.
- Providing the patient with pre and post-operative instructions and information prior to safely discharging the patient following, all types of dental treatment and minor oral surgery, and ensuring that the instructions are fully understood.
- Care and minor maintenance of equipment such as high speed handpieces and equipment utilised within the dental environment.
- Assisting dental staff with all methods of treatment and surgical procedures working in all areas of the Hospital when necessary, including barrier care.
- Communicating with other departments within the Hospital when necessary, ensuring that patients’ further treatment is arranged.
- Maintaining stocks in cupboards, clearing cupboards and checking expiry dates on bottles and reordering stocks as necessary.
- In conjunction with nursing and dental staff, taking part in the introduction of trials of new equipment.
- The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
- The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.
