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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

About

Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire - stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.

They employ 2,900 staff and have 400 committed volunteers
In a year they treat 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients
Our Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 51,000 patients every year
Around 2,600 babies are born each year at the hospital

They provide services from their main hospital site and at other locations across the community, in sites owned by their Primary Care Trusts. The PCTs commission health services from them for the patients within their GP practices and the three main PCT’s referring patients to us are – NHS Bradford and Airedale, NHS North Yorkshire and York and NHS East Lancashire.

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Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Airedale General Hospital; Skipton Road; Steeton; Keighley; West Yorkshire; BD20 6TD
Contact Number: 01535 652511

Find out more

Jobs Website

Vacancy status: Open

Ref: 423-6690755 Vacancy ID: 6690755

Registered Dental Nurse (band 4)

Accepting applications until: 14-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 14-Nov-2024 23:59

Key details

Location

Gwefan: Airedale General Hospital
Cyfeiriad: Skipton Road
Tref: Steeton
Cod post: BD20 6TD
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

12 months (12 months fixed term)

Oriau

Full time
Part time

full time or part time hours considered

Salary

Cyflog: £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 4)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Dental Nurse

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are looking to recruit an experienced Band 4 Dental Nurse to join the Dental nursing team on bank within out busy Maxillofacial & Orthodontic Department here at Airedale.

The above hours will be worked across 5 days, currently Monday to Friday to meet the needs of the service. Weekends may be included if the services requires.

Previous experience within a hospital setting would be advantageous, but if you are a dynamic team player and a keen learner with an interest in Maxillofacial surgery & Orthodontics then you could be just the person we are looking for.

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Following initial training under the supervision of a qualified dental nurse, the post holder will be expected to:

· Promote and maintain health and safety in the workplace.

· Maintain high standards of cross infection control, cleaning of surgeries and sterilisation of instruments in accordance with trust policies.

· Provide chairside support for the patient and operator during the assessment of oral health, treatment planning and the prevention and treatment of oral and dental diseases and disorders.

· Communicate effectively with patients, their families and with other health professionals involved in their care.

· Deal with medical emergencies as a member of the dental team

· Carry out duties within the trust policy framework

· Preparation of patients, instrumentation and surgeries for clinical and surgical work.

· Be aware of individual responsibility under the Health & Safety legislation. Report any practice or occurrence which may be detrimental to the wellbeing of patients, visitors or staff.

· Attend mandatory training days as requested.

· Attend unit meetings, team brief and departmental training.

· Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

· Act as a key worker when required.

· Participate in health education, providing patients with information when required.

· Scan and record radiographs.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

Cycle to Work
Travel Scheme
Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
Onsite Nursery
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Car Leasing
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Extensive Reward Scheme
Counselling Service
Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

Committed to Quality of Care
Compassion
Working together for patients
Improving Lives
Everyone Counts
Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

For further information and full details of the job role, please see the attached job description and person specification

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks (Click here for the privacy policy)

You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.