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Post:EDS Dental NursePay:£17.67 per hour Weekend & Bank Holiday EnhancementsHours:Bank Contract Evening and WeekendsAccountable to:Senior Dental NurseBase:Whitegate Drive Health Centre, BlackpoolClosing Date: 16th December 2025Overview of Role:£17.67 per hour with enhancements for weekends and bank holiday shifts.Bank/Zero Hours contract, flexible rotas, most nurses alongside other employment. Looking for approx. 1/2 shifts per week, and able to cover occasionally at short notice.Shift patterns (may vary):o Monday to Friday: 5.45pm - 9.30pmo Saturday & BH: 10:15am - 6pmo Sunday: 10:15am - 6pm or 2:05pm - 5:50pmMain duties of the jobThe Service aims to provide patients with treatment to relieve pain, swellings, and the management of Injuries/Traumas. Caring and Compassionate personality is extremely important. Confident dental nurse able to work as a team in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment.About usThe ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they e and be a part of our amazing team!We offer NHS PensionCycle to Work SchemeCareer Development OpportunitiesAttendance BonusStaff Benefit SchemeFree Tea & CoffeeEye Care ContributionsJob descriptionDay to Day Duties to include, but not exhausted:To perform high quality dental nursing in a safe and effective manner alongside the dentist, within the scope of practice of a dental nurse.Confident and competent dental nurse with working in a busy, and sometimes unpredictable environment.Good organisational and time management skills here is invaluable.Being able to think on your feet but remaining polite and professional is essential; there are sometimes difficult situations that may arise where you may need to take the lead. Adaptability is essential.Confident in working with variety of different staff, it wont always be the same team members your rostered with.Ability to calm and reassure nervous and anxious patients a large portion of our service users havent seen a dentist in a long time and usually come to us as a last resort.Its essential you are able to work within a team and be a trustworthy member.High standard of infection control and be up to date with HTM01-05.To establish and maintain productive working relationships with all members of the dental team, supporting & helping one another.Contribute with suggestions and ideas to make improvements in quality and outcomes for patients.Assist with any reasonable duties requested.Our key expectations are:Self-awareness Living authenticallyAdaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situationOpenness What you see is what you getPositivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossibleGenerosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindnessAbility to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourselfOur Why:To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.Values:Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:Fun:People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!Awesome:We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome!Humble:Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can becomeBrave:We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs doneOompf:We have natural oompf! Its infectious!Go-getting:We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivityPerson SpecificationExperienceEssentialGDC registered Dental NurseDesirableExperience in an emergency dental setting preferable.Knowledge or experience of Dentally software.Personal QualitiesEssentialHonestConfidence with patients and unexpected situationsTeamworking and able to work autonomously.Negotiation and influencing skills.Act on own initiativeOrganisational and communication skills.DesirableIT SkillsExperience of picking up safeguarding concerns & being able to ask probing questions in a delicate manger to obtain important information.QualificationsEssentialNVQ L3 or equivalent in Dental Nursing.HonestConfidence with patients and unexpected situationsTeamworking and able to work autonomously.Negotiation and influencing skills.Act on own initiativeOrganisational and communication skills.DesirableDental RadiographyIT SkillsExperience of picking up safeguarding concerns & being able to ask probing questions in a delicate manger to obtain important information.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration.TPBN1_UKTJ