Job overview

Dental Nurse – Mobile Services

18 Months Fixed Term Contract

Part Time

Hours:               22.5 hours per week, 3 days

Salary:              £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, pro rata

(Actual £15,918 - £17,468.40)

Do you want to make a difference?  If so why not consider a career with an award winning dentally led social enterprise?

Community Dental Services CIC is an award winning employee owned, social enterprise that delivers high quality, specialist community dental services across east and central England.

This post attracts a 'Golden Hello' payment of £5,000* applicable to new applicants taking a substantive post. £2,500 will be payable after the first month of employment and £2,500 will be paid after six months** (subject to CDS policy conditions).

*paid on a pro rata basis as a percentage of the contracted hours for part time roles

**upon completion of successful probation period.

We are looking for an experienced Dental Nurse to support the mobile dental team in the provision of dental care to children, young people, and vulnerable adults with a priority for targeting the most deprived Lower Super Output Area’s (LSOA’s) in the SNEE ICB (Integrated Care Board) Suffolk boundary.

Main duties of the job

Your main responsibility will be to provide clinical support in a wide range of treatments for a for a broad client base and assisting the team with all other aspects of running an efficient service for our patients within the dental service.

Holding a Certificate in Topical Fluoride Application, in addition to an Oral Health Education Certificate, would be highly advantageous.

You will require initiative and strong interpersonal and communication skills to enjoy working with this specialist community and to ensure seamless care to patients. 

Excellent IT and organisational skills are also an advantage to these positions and candidates should be proficient with Outlook, Word, Excel, and should have competent keyboard skills, knowledge of a dental software package would be an advantage, though training will be given to the successful candidates.

Working for our organisation

What do we offer?

•      Paid travel time and mileage rate of 45p per mile

•      27 days annual leave pro rata, plus bank holidays

•     Access to Corporate Pension Scheme with a 10% employer contribution

•      24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme

•      Free tea and coffee provided

•      Shareholder opportunity to annual bonus

•      Company paid sickness benefits

•      Time allowance for hospital appointments

•      Paid indemnity

•      Uniforms provided

•      Funded internal and external mandatory training to enable you to maintain your CPD.

•      Support with training for your wider professional development.

• Receive a funded share in the Company and have a say in how CDS is run at all levels as an employee director, or regional representative

•      Dentally led, patient focused working environment that is not constrained by UDA   targets.

•   Opportunity to play a key part in local social care initiatives within your local communities