Job Description
Role Title:Senior Dental Surgery Nurse Job Reference Number:000719 Closing Date:Sunday, 6th October 2024 Purpose of the Role: To work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to deliver a high standard of care to patients within the Cleft Orthodontic /Prosthodontic and Maxillofacial Services in St. Jamess Hospital. The post holder is responsible for managing the care of patients and the needs of their families, ensuring that quality is maintained. She/He/They are required to have excellent clinical, management and leadership skills and undertake any required training specific to the area of appointment. Key Duties and Responsibilities A Senior Dental Surgery Nurse is a Registered Dental Nurse who is experienced and skilled both clinically and managerially and will be involved in direct patient care with the responsibility of providing the highest standard of evidence-based care in partnership with other health care professionals. General duties and responsibilities: The Senior Dental Surgery Nurse will actively participate in the management of the department. Will have responsibility for the wider clinical environment over a number of clinics and over a number of specialities. Management of the day-today organisation of the department. Responsibility for specific organisational or clinical issues that may arise. Support and assist the ADON and the CNM III/II/I in the efficient running of all clinical areas. Supervision of the dental nursing staff. Attend and participate in management meetings as required. To provide high quality dental nursing whilst assisting the Orthodontists, Prosthodontist, Max Fax Consultants and their teams in a safe and effective manner. To establish and maintain productive working relationships with all members of the team. The role is to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating highly specialised dental nursing care, using a holistic approach. When providing direct patient care; observe, assess, and record symptoms, responses, and progress. Ensure daily safety checks are carried out and recorded. To set up and prepare the procedure rooms for the day ahead, ensuring the required materials and instruments are readily available. Clean, decontaminate and turn around the room between patients stringently adhering to current infection control and prevention guidelines. Ensure compliance with Fingerprint track and trace system. Provide chair side assistance to the Dental and Medical teams. Take all reasonable methods to reassure and ensure patient comfort. Continually interpret the needs of the patients and the Dental and Medical teams and ensure they are addressed promptly and efficiently. Ensure safe disposal of sharps and clinical waste. Carry out laboratory work and ensure efficient dispatch and returns to avoid patient delays or cancellations. The Registered Dental Nurse must adhere to Code of Professional Practice and Behaviours. The Dental Nurse may be required to work at any location within the SACC Directorate area and is transferable from one location to another. Report equipment failures and breakages to the relevant department and update the department CNM I/II. Maintenance and monitoring of consumables and pharmacy stock; ensuring adequate stock levels are maintained at all times. Maintenance of strong and co-operative working relationships between the department and other departments throughout the hospital. Report any incidents and complaints. Maintain high standards of quality and safety. Keep the CNM I/II aware of any relevant changes, which occur. Develop an understanding of the speciality and following an induction programme, to eventually be able to assist in all relevant procedures. Be involved in the development and updating policies, procedures and competencies to ensure compliance with agreed best practice. Adhere to the local and hospital wide policies and procedures. Maintain best practice standard of patient care at all times and an undertaking to keep up to date with advances in practice and acknowledge any limitations of competence, and/or limitations in relation to resources within the clinical environment. Ensure that accurate documentation and record keeping is maintained. Communicate effectively and efficiently in English language, written and spoken, as appropriate to job requirements. Ensure that regard is taken to the dignity, choices, selfesteem, confidentiality and well-being of patients and their relatives. Adherence to guidelines as set out by the Dental Council of Ireland. Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to Health and Safety as outlined in the Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005 and the Hospital Safety Statement. * The above Role Profile is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her/them from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office. This Role Profile will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances. Required: Registered to the Dental Council - Register of Dental Nurses, Ireland. Minimum of 2 years prosthodontic, orthodontic, and/or maxillofacial experience. Management experience. Basic I.T. skills. Desired: Oro-maxillofacial trauma clinic experience. Basic Life Support. Skills: Senior Dental Nurse Dental surgery Nurse Senior Dental Surgery Nurse