Total 43 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in SW9 8FR

1. To ensure the safe, efficient and correct receipt, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals. 2. To participate in stock topping up service to wards and departments. 3. To interpret and accurately dispense prescriptions and requests for medication including in-patients, outpatients, and community prescriptions that have been clinically screened by a pharmacist. 4. To use the pharmacy computer system to dispense, issue, label, return, order and requisition medicines in accordance with level of training provided. 5. To ensure that the stores, dispensary and distribution areas are kept clean and tidy. 6. To dispose of and recycle pharmaceuticals in accordance with the departmental and local policies. 7. To ensure an adequate supply of sundries and stationary at all times in the dispensary and stores 8. To undertake day-to-day housekeeping tasks and other basic duties as necessary 9. To assist the purchasing officer to ensure supplies are maintained at optimum levels. 10. To ensure that requisitions are dealt with in a timely manner. 11. To ensure the maintenance of efficient stock control, including stock checks, stock rotation and expiry date checks 12. To assist in the induction and training of new members of staff, for example student pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and pre-registration pharmacists as appropriate. 13. To work as a practice supervisor 14. To work in line with department policies and procedures and line manager contactable. 15. To attend course and study days as deemed appropriate. 16. To participate in education and training schemes and meetings organised within the department. 17. To participate in all relevant departmental meetings and contribute to effective communication within the department. 18. To always practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council. 19. Any other duties deemed appropriate by the Dispensary Manager

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer to join our vibrant pharmacy team within the NHS. In this role, you will support the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical services, ensuring the safe and efficient supply of medications to our patients. You will work collaboratively with pharmacists, Pharmacy Techncians and other healthcare professionals to contribute to patient care and improve health outcomes.

§ To supervise other ATOs and lead / co-ordinate the workload in dispensary.

§ To support the ward teams in maintaining safe storage and temperature control of medications in all areas of the ward(s).

§ To assist in the provision of a high-quality pharmacy stores service to the wards, community teams and associated areas.

§ To ensure that stock levels for 'topped up' areas are appropriate and that the stock is in date and appropriately rotated.

§ To assist in the provision of a high-quality patient focused medicines management service to patients at the Trust. In association with the Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians, ward teams and clinical pharmacist teams to ensure that stock lists are updated and adequately reflect the needs of the area.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

1. To ensure the safe, efficient and correct receipt, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals.

2. To participate in stock topping up service to wards and departments.

3. To interpret and accurately dispense prescriptions and requests for medication including in-patients, outpatients, and community prescriptions that have been clinically screened by a pharmacist.

4. To use the pharmacy computer system to dispense, issue, label, return, order and requisition medicines in accordance with level of training provided.

5. To ensure that the stores, dispensary and distribution areas are kept clean and tidy.

6. To dispose of and recycle pharmaceuticals in accordance with the departmental and local policies.

7. To ensure an adequate supply of sundries and stationary at all times in the dispensary and stores

8. To undertake day-to-day housekeeping tasks and other basic duties as necessary

9. To assist the purchasing officer to ensure supplies are maintained at optimum levels.

10. To ensure that requisitions are dealt with in a timely manner.

11. To ensure the maintenance of efficient stock control, including stock checks, stock rotation and expiry date checks

12. To assist in the induction and training of new members of staff, for example student pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and pre-registration pharmacists as appropriate.

13. To work as a practice supervisor

14. To work in line with department policies and procedures and line manager contactable.

15. To attend course and study days as deemed appropriate.

16. To participate in education and training schemes and meetings organised within the department.

17. To participate in all relevant departmental meetings and contribute to effective communication within the department.

18. To always practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council.

19. Any other duties deemed appropriate by the Dispensary Manager


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the new Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.

This is an exciting opportunity for 4 Trainees to join the MHST.

Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.

Shortlisted candidates will also need to submit an application form to KCL for a place on the Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice. The application form will need to be completed at the same time as your application for a post. Offer of an interview will be subject to application completed and submitted to KCL.

We are seeking to recruit four graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help therapy and parenting interventions. Further intensive supervision and on the job training will be provided by an experienced supervisor within each team. There will be a strong expectation for trainees to continue in post on successful completion of the one year training, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale for the second year onwards.

Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis within a Mental Health Support Team delivering individual, group and workshop-based mental health interventions within a borough-based cluster of schools.

During training, the post-holders will work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high-quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

Lambeth MHST mission statement:

Through early support and working with children, young people, families and staff, we help to enable healthy minds and thriving school communities. We offer a safe space to work with you collaboratively and with transparency. We value who you are and where you are.

We are an early intervention service supporting mild to moderate mental health needs in 28 primary and secondary schools in Lambeth. Our service will be expanding to more schools in Lambeth in January 2025. The team currently consists of a Clinical Lead, 3 Supervisors, 4 Supervising Practitioners, 12 Education Mental Health Practitioners, 1 Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, 1 art Therapist, 1 Quality Assurance and Communications Lead, and a Senior Administrator.

About our locations:

Our main office is at St John Angell Town Primary School but we also work across several MHST schools in Lambeth. We offer flexibility and home working.

Essential
• Qualification:• Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc)

OR
• Relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)
• Strong communication skills
• The ability to work cohesively within small teams
• Motivation to learn and to be challenged
• The ability to use feedback and adapt accordingly
• Good organisational skills
• Experience of working within a mental health setting and / or school pastoral care
• Experience of working with children and an understanding of how to talk with them
• Commitment to using data and relevant measures to assess clinical outcomes


This advert closes on Monday 28 Oct 2024

An exciting opportunity to join a growing Arts Therapies workforce within the Lambeth Mental Health Support in Schools Team (MHST). You will hold your own individual art therapy caseload, as well as supporting the development and facilitation of arts-based workshops and groups within educational settings. This post may be suitable for a newly qualified Art Therapist.



The MHSTs are a new service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings. They are made up of senior clinicians, CAMHS Practitioners and EMHPs or also known in SLaM as Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs) . They will be based across education settings as an additional resource within a whole-system approach to promote resilience and wellbeing, support earlier intervention, enable appropriate signposting and deliver evidence-based support, care and interventions. The MHSTs will partner with their education settings to design a bespoke offer, based on the school’s individual needs and will work with the mental health services that are already in place, such as counselling, educational psychology, school nurses, pastoral care, educational welfare officers, VCSEs, the local authority, including children’s social care, and NHS Children and Young People Mental Health Services (CYPMHS).





· To enhance accessibility to mental health services for children and young people in schools.

· To collaborate with the Schools Mental Health Leads to support early identification of developmental, emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people living or being educated in Lambeth.

· To work jointly with providers to increase their capacity to intervene following early identification through the delivery of brief evidence-based interventions and through liaison, consultation, training and joint working across services.

· To be part of a multi-agency training team for schools.

· To function as a specialist in art therapy principles and practice for the MHST and their networks.

· To review applications to the MHST team and where required to facilitate appropriate step- up referrals to specialist CAMHS and/or access to other relevant agencies according to the level of need.

· To collaboratively develop and embed the MHST programme in schools.

· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff, have a budget of around £381 million, and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.

· To provide specialist consultation, formulations, and whole school interventions for the MHST school community.

· Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about their mental health and wellbeing.

· To work in partnership with the school community to provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions.

· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

· Provide support for EMHP’s and others in using CYP IAPT compliant routine outcome measures.

· To develop and help deliver workshops and groups for the whole school community.


This advert closes on Monday 28 Oct 2024

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.


This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled practitioner, with an interest and/or experience in the criminal justice system, to be an integral part of both a court liaison and diversion team and a police custody suite assessment team. You will be working with both adults and young people, within what is a very interesting and rewarding area of care that is continuing to develop further.

As a front-line service, each day can be different in what is often a busy and unpredictable environment.

The service ethos is to proactively intervene at the earliest possible opportunity in the Criminal Justice system pathway, so that those in need of support receive appropriate care and treatment in a timely fashion.

The people we provide services to come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do but because it makes us better at what we do. No matter your age, gender, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, religion or sexual orientation, if you are committed to generating the best possible outcomes for our service users then we want to hear from you.

As a Liaison and Diversion Practitioner, some of the responsibilities you can expect will include:
• Proactive screening of cases in police custody or at court.
• On-the-day triaging and assessment - including full mental state examinations, risk assessment and gathering of background history for individuals presenting with a wide variety of established or suspected needs. These can include anxiety, challenging behaviour, serious mental illness, personality disorder, neurodiversity needs speech and language difficulties, substance misuse and associated social issues within police custody.
• Responding to detainees who present with urgent and non-urgent clinical issues with appropriate interventions. Interventions may include onward referrals for a Mental Health Act assessment, advice, signposting or making onward referrals into primary, secondary or voluntary care agencies.
• Providing advice, information and support to custody/court personnel.
• Provision of written assessment summaries to police, court and other relevant agencies in the criminal justice pathway.
• Liaising with CAMHS, YOT practitioners or other relevant agencies whilst screening young people.
• Recording data for regular auditing and evaluation.


Some weekend/bank holiday working may be involved in the role.

Benefits
• comprehensive pay, pensions and leavers package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
• We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Senior clinical Practitioner or Clinical Team Leader. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in Leadership and MSC programme.

To work with colleagues, police, custody healthcare staff and other custody/court staff (inc Appropriate Adults) in order to provide a comprehensive and integrated vulnerability screening and assessment service.



To demonstrate strong assessment skills, solid problem solving and decision making and developing holistic and patient centred care plans whilst also being able to recognise when they may need senior clinical/managerial advice/support and to actively seek this in the clinical setting.



To facilitate appropriate signposting to/referring on, or interventions in close collaboration and liaison with other relevant agencies. Developing a good working knowledge and understanding of local services and pathways will be important in this role. Knowledge of clinical pathways will enable the applicant in the ambition of facilitating a persons diversion away from the criminal justice pathway at the earliest possible opportunity. (The term ‘diversion’ being used in its widest possible sense and includes urgent and non-urgent pathways).


Demonstrate effective communication with colleagues, partners and stakeholders and with people in vulnerable groups. The candidates approach will be inclusive, collaborative and helpful. Communication types include verbal, written and digital methods of communication. Competent digital skills will be needed for this role.


To actively promote relationships with colleagues that support open communication and collaborative working, taking personal responsibility for one's contribution to this process at all times.



To maintain a high standard of written communication that is mindful of the readership and takes into account the legal context. Written work will also involve recording appropriate events and observations to evidence interventions.


Proactively seek service user feedback about their experiences of liaison and diversion to inform and shape our service.


Please see the combined job description and person specification for more details of the role.



IMPORTANT

Please note– this position is offered subject to a successful Police Vetting application that will enable you to enable work in police custody locations. As such, you will be subjected to a significantly higher level of vetting than is standard. This vetting is conducted by the Metropolitan Police and is essentially a detailed background check. One of the most essential criteria is that you are required to have resided in the UK for at least 3 years.



This requirement is a lengthy process that could add several months to the existing pre-employment checks that will be conducted before a start date can be agreed for this position. If you are successful at interview and we wish to take forward your application, please be assured we are really keen to have you with us and we ask you for your patience with any undue delay that is outside our control.




This advert closes on Monday 14 Oct 2024

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.


This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled practitioner with an interest and/or experience in the criminal justice system to be an integral part of both a court liaison and diversion team and a police custody suite assessment team. You will be working with both adults and young people, within what is a very interesting and rewarding area of care that is continuing to develop further.

As a front-line service, each day can be different in what can be a busy and unpredictable environment.

We are looking for a skilled and confident individual who has experience of complex assessments (including assessment of risk), decision making and who is adept at building relationships with service users and professional partners.

The successful applicant will work across the service in order to help identify individuals who present with vulnerabilities that may include mental health issues, neurodevelopmental disorders, substance misuse and who may present with a degree of risk.

The service ethos is to proactively intervene at the earliest possible opportunity in the Criminal Justice system pathway, so that those in need of support receive appropriate care and treatment in a timely fashion.

As a Liaison and Diversion Practitioner, some of the responsibilities you can expect will include:
• Proactive screening of cases in police custody or at court.
• On-the-day triaging and assessment - including full mental state examinations, risk assessment and gathering of background history for individuals presenting with a wide variety of established or suspected needs. These can include anxiety, challenging behaviour, serious mental illness, personality disorder, learning disorders, social communication and language difficulties, substance misuse and associated social issues within police custody.
• Assisting detainees who present with urgent and non-urgent clinical issues that may include onward referrals for a Mental Health Act assessment.
• Providing advice, information and support to custody/court personnel.
• Provision of written assessment summaries to police, court and other relevant agencies.
• Liaising with CAMHS, YOT practitioners or other relevant agencies for young people.
• Recording data for regular auditing and evaluation.
• Act as a positive role model for junior staff and custody partners in their day to day practice and the supervision and professional development of junior staff.
• Enhancing and developing relationships within Criminal Justice Services and building strong links between Health, Social Services and the Criminal Justice System
• A deputy function for the Operational Lead when needed.

Some weekend working is involved in the role.

South London and Maudsley Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for providing NHS care and treatment for people with wide ranging vulnerabilities.

Locally, we deliver mental health services for people living in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. This could include being a specialist practitioner at Crown Court, being an operational team lead in a Liaison and Diversion service or developing your career elsewhere in our organisation.

Within SLaM there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes.

We hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do but because it makes us better at what we do. No matter your age, gender, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, religion or sexual orientation, if you are committed to generating the best possible outcomes for our service users then we want to hear from you.

To work with colleagues, police, custody healthcare staff and other custody/court staff (inc Appropriate Adults) in order to provide a comprehensive and integrated vulnerability screening and assessment service.

To demonstrate strong assessment skills, solid problem solving and decision making and developing holistic and patient centred care plans whilst also being able to recognise when they may need senior clinical/managerial advice/support and to actively seek this in the clinical setting.

To facilitate appropriate signposting to/referring on, or interventions in close collaboration and liaison with other relevant agencies. Developing a good working knowledge and understanding of local services and pathways will be important in this role. This will be with the ambition of facilitating a persons diversion away from the criminal justice pathway at the earliest possible point. (The term ‘diversion’ being used in its widest possible sense and includes urgent and non-urgent pathways).

Demonstrate effective communication with colleagues, partners and stakeholders, people in vulnerable groups that is inclusive, collaborative and helpful. Communication types include verbal, written and digital methods of communication.

To actively promote relationships with colleagues that support open communication and collaborative working, taking personal responsibility for one's contribution to this process at all times.

To maintain a high standard of written communication that is mindful of the readership, takes into account the legal context and will also involve recording appropriate events and observations to evidence interventions.

Proactively seek feedback on an individual’s experiences of liaison and diversion to inform and shape our service.

Please see the combined job description and person specification for more details of the role.


This advert closes on Monday 14 Oct 2024

Hours: Part-Time Hours (Upon completing your probationary period, you will be eligible to join the 4 Day Week program, which allows you to work 20% fewer hours without a decrease in salary) Contract: Permanent Location: Barnet, London Salary: £24,500 Plus LWA Closing date: 22/10/2024 Application Tip: Ensure your supporting statement refers to the person specification as this will assist in a successful sift through to the interview stage. Job Overview: To support the efficient and effective delivery of health promotion services including an adult (18+) PrEP Promotion Service, ensuring the service is reaching target beneficiary groups. Ensuring key messages are cascaded to the community through direct delivery and capacity building and increasing the knowledge and skills of professionals working within the community. Responsible for developing and maintaining effective blended outreach interventions, collaborative working partnerships with community organisations, community businesses and community champions in order to ensure the target beneficiary groups are benefiting from good sexual and reproductive health education, support and services. To work with a wide range of target beneficiary groups including (but not limited to) LGBTQ communities, MSM, Black Africans and other BAME populations, refugees and those with learning difficulties To learn more about the role and person specification please read the attached role specification' which can be found on the application form. About Brook: Brook is the UK’s leading sexual health and wellbeing charity. We are committed to changing attitudes, challenging prejudice and championing equality. Our unique combination of clinical services and education programmes are designed to meet individual needs and instill positive behaviours that influence their whole lives. Our digital solutions help us reach even greater numbers of young people and professionals, and our expansion into all-age services ensures that whole communities can benefit from our inclusive, non-judgmental approach to sexual and reproductive health. We are continuously listening to and learning from our service users and the communities we support. We amplify the voices of those who face barriers to access, ensuring that sexual health remains high on the political agenda and that law, policy and practice is aligned with what they need. Benefits of working for Brook: 4 Day Week (Working 20% hours less without salary decrease) Annual leave – 28 days per annum, increasing up to 33 days plus 8 bank holidays Sick pay (from 3 up to 12 weeks fully paid) Flexible working Gratitude scheme Assisted purchase scheme Cycle to Work up to £1k Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Long service awards Maternity and paternity pay Pension scheme – with contributions matched up to a maximum of 4% Training and development opportunities Coaching Please note - this role requires the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Candidates must be able to provide paperwork demonstrating their right to work in the UK. Please note: internal applicants with live sanctions will not be considered for this role. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the high number of applications for this post, it will not be possible to respond to every application. We will contact you within 4 weeks of the closing date if you have been shortlisted for the role. If you are interested in applying for this post, please review the Job Description and complete an application form. Thank you for your interest in working for Brook. Brook Safeguarding with Purpose Working with People Safely. Safe Place, Safe People.

Responsible to: Inclusion Lead
Salary range: NJC Scale 4, spine points 7-10
(Actual gross salary: £24,968 to £26,122 based on interview assessment)
Contract type: Term Time Only and fixed-term for 12 monthsStart date: 4th November 2024Deadline to apply: 12 Noon, 16th October 2024
Interview date: Planned for Week Beginning 21 October 2024Van Gogh Primary, which is part of the Dunraven Educational Trust, is setting up a Social, Emotional, Mental Health provision and wishes to recruit a passionate individual to take on the role of Resource Base Facilitator. This is a unique professional development opportunity which will appeal to those who have the ability to work on their own initiative and an interest in supporting pupils with a variety of SEMH and learning needs to help them reach their full potential. The successful candidate will be working under the direction of the SENCo and will ideally have SEN experience and/or have the Level 4 Award in supporting children and young people with SEMH needs. The successful candidate will join a team who provides high quality education and care in a stimulating environment. Additional information on our school and the Trust can be found on the enclosed job description and person specification, and our website. We look forward to receiving your completed application.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential

• GCSE Maths and English Grade C or above or equivalent NVQ Level 2
• Experience of and interest in working with students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues
• Qualifications in, or willingness to work toward accreditation of, working with students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues
• Evidence of Level 4 award in SEMH or commitment to undertake the Level 4 award in SEMH within 6 months of starting this new post.
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to handle situations with tact and sensitivity involving staff and students
• Excellent behaviour management skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload
• Effective use of ICT to support learning
• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion

• General

• General understanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies
• Basic understanding of child development and learning
• Ability to identify learning needs
• Ability to scaffold work, in particular in English and Maths
• Display a commitment and an ability to contribute to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
• Work as part of a team
• Demonstrate personal integrity
• Work to support the aims and ethos of the school
• Flexibility in the approach to work and the demands of the post
• Willingness to undertake professional development.

What the school offers its staff

Successful candidates will have access to a range of benefits including a choice of two cycle schemes and a free 24/7 employee assistance programme providing advice and information on a wide range of topics health and wellbeing, financial advice, relationship difficulties, bereavement, and more.

Further details about the role

Van Gogh Primary, which is part of the Dunraven Educational Trust, is setting up a Social, Emotional, Mental Health provision and wishes to recruit a passionate individual to take on the role of Resource Base Facilitator. This is a unique professional development opportunity which will appeal to those who have the ability to work on their own initiative and an interest in supporting pupils with a variety of SEMH and learning needs to help them reach their full potential. The successful candidate will be working under the direction of the SENCo and will ideally have SEN experience and/or have the Level 4 Award in supporting children and young people with SEMH needs. The successful candidate will join a team who provides high quality education and care in a stimulating environment. Additional information on our school and the Trust can be found on the enclosed job description and person specification, and our website.

We look forward to receiving your completed application.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Job Summary The post holder will provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service as part of the Neuro Rehab Service and will work closely with team members to ensure a coordinated approach to client care. These services work across the two London boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth in both community and acute positions. They provide MDT neuro rehabilitation and condition management to patients living with both long term and acute neurological conditions, such as Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Parkinsons Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Disease and Neuro-Oncology diagnoses. Intervention is person centred and goal oriented. The service uses a self-management approach, encouraging patients to participate actively in their rehab. The post holder will independently and effectively manage a caseload of individuals who have complex neurological needs. The post holder will use evidence based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to minimise the impact of the neurological condition on the individuals occupational roles and daily living. Duties and Responsibilities Professional The post holder will: Work as an autonomous practitioner within the standards of professional practice laid down by the Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work. Maintain close liaison with other senior colleagues in the team and ensure effective communication with all team members for day to day smooth running of the service. Keep abreast of current issues with the profession, taking responsibility for personal growth and development such as reading relevant journal and research papers or participating in appropriate work journal clubs and related research / evaluation projects. Maintain and record ongoing continuing professional development, using a professional portfolio. Attend professional body / clinical interest group meetings as appropriate. Participate in clinical training for OT students. Attend training courses, participate in experiential learning as identified in PDP and impart information to colleagues. Clinical The post holder will: Provide a comprehensive assessment, treatment and management service to a caseload of individuals who have a neurological condition with a wide variety of comorbidities, following local operational policies and agreed standards and guidelines. Provide specialist interventions based on clinical reasoning and evidence based practice, occupational analysis and risk evaluation, using graded activities to address therapeutic goals and optimise functional independence. Consider and address occupational performance components and their impact on the individuals occupations. For example reviewing arm care, posture and tone management; cognitive assessment and rehabilitation; fatigue management or pre-vocational rehab. Monitor the effectiveness of interventions through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice. Be responsible for prioritising and managing own caseload. Work collaboratively with individuals and carers, members of the MDT and external agencies to ensure a coordinated approach to service delivery. Educate individuals, carers and family members of the impact of their neurological condition on physical, cognitive and psychological wellbeing and actively promoting healthy lifestyle. Empower individuals to take responsibility for self-management during the treatment period and following discharge. Respect the individuals dignity, privacy, culture and wishes during treatment with a commitment to equal access to occupational therapy. Maintain and develop close links with colleagues in the acute sector, local authority services, voluntary organisations and other members of primary health care services. Be responsible for delegating appropriate tasks to junior staff and OT students as well as being accountable for own professional practice and that of the support staff / students delegated to. Participate in the service supervision structure which includes regular supervision with a senior OT, joint sessions and supervision of junior staff and OT students where appropriate. Attend all appropriate team, professional and other meetings related to clinical caseload. Participate in the Trust staff appraisal scheme. Be responsible for safekeeping, cleanliness and maintenance of equipment, ensuring standards of infection control are met; reporting all equipment defects, accidents and complaints to the Clinical Manager. Participate in ongoing review of service delivery and any ensuing service developments. Information management The post holder will: Keep accurate and contemporaneous records of assessment and treatment in accordance with standards set and input data onto electronic record system. Provide accurate and timely statistical data. Education and Professional Development The post holder will: Contribute to the planning, organisation and delivery of training for staff in the Neuro Rehab Service and from other disciplines and organisations; through in-service training, supervision, joint working, practical demonstrations, etc. Contribute to student education and development. Assist with service development and service promotion. Undertake all mandatory and statutory training in line with the Trust policy.

Job title: Registered Nurse

Location: Bupa Havelock Court 6 Wynne Road, London, SW9 0BB

Salary: £19.64 - £21.74 per hour depending on experience and qualifications

Contract: 32 hours per week

Shift Pattern: Nights

Welcome Bonus: £1,000 and paid breaks

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

You know how important it is to be passionate about caring. It's what drives you. As a highly respected member of our amazing team, you play a pivotal role.

We'll train you on all aspects of our new digital care, which is transforming how we work, making things easier and letting you focus on clinical excellence and care for our residents.

And as healthcare experts for over 75 years, we're committed to continually training you in the clinical and social care developments you need to do your job as a Nurse, learning from some of the best people in the industry from the UK and Globally. It's an exciting time to be with us.

You'll help us make health happen by:

• Taking responsibility for the well-being of our residents and making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met
• Coaching and guiding the team, providing formal and informal teaching programmes for colleagues and other care professionals
• Carrying out assessments and developing, implementing and evaluating individualised care plans for each of our residents
• Monitoring work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to the relevant standards, policies and legislation

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• As a Registered Nurse, with a valid NMC pin, you'll be responsible for driving and running the unit alongside clinical duties in the home. This includes observation, medication, reviewing and evaluating individual care plans, and providing clinical guidance to the care team and delivering best practice continually.
• Previous experience working in a care home is desirable
• You have previous experience ensuring policies and standards are kept to a high clinical standard.
• You are confident offering clinical guidance for care teams, being crucial in helping with all CQC tasks.
• As a highly trusted member of the team you enjoy building connections with residents and their family, giving them the kindness and support and care they deserve.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email:

*Should you be successfully hired into this role, we are pleased to be able to offer you a one-off Starter Bonus of £1000 as a thank you for deciding to join Bupa Care Services. The Starter Bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks' service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI. Ts &Cs Apply.

1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise. 2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support. 3. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). 4. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers. 5. Liaising and working positively with members of the multidisciplinary team and partner organisations. 6. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance. 7. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy. 8. Developing the management of care needs through: a. Initial data collection b. Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress c. Feedback and discussion d. Producing reports and in-care reviews e. Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse. 9. Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including: a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way. b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity. c. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others. d. Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support. e. Implementing the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions. 10. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies. 11. Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed. 12. Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care. Knowledge and Frameworks 13. Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors. Supporting junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice. 14. Recognizing and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Supporting junior staff in managing difficult situations and deescalation and developing resilience and strategies to manage. 15. Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the MHA, MCA and DOLS and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times. Communication 16. Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information to patients, carers, family, friends and colleagues. Engaging and listening carefully and actively, and responding using appropriate language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations, acknowledging cultural differences and professional boundaries. 17. Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders ensuring: effective verbal and written handover of relevant and objective information. Demonstrating ability to determine key information, ability to recognize and describe effectively symptoms of mental illness, distress or of a deteriorating patient, and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner 18. Contributing towards the on-going quality of service and care by managing the patient caseload, organizing care including delegating tasks and duties appropriately to staff with relevant Competency, identifying and mitigating any risk issues in relation to the service users health and social care. Informing the relevant Health care professionals if there are any significant: a. Changes in the service users physical or mental state b. Factors relevant to the service user c. Incidents related to the service user 19. Maintaining timely and accurate service user written/electronic records in line with Trust policy. Use care plans, pathway documents and Information System progress notes appropriately and in a timely manner 20. Reporting, without delay, any safety or security concerns to maintain the safety of service users, carers, staff and others to appropriate persons ( this could include clinical, environmental, legaL) 21. Understanding and contributing to the Trust risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures; being aware of the necessity to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times when working with service users. 22. Responding respectfully to concerns / complaints raised by patients, families and carers and escalate in accordance with trust polices. 23. Maintaining confidential information in accordance with Trust Policies. Teamworking and Professional development 24. Protecting service users, self and others by maintaining a clean and healthy environment in accordance with health and safety and infection control policies. Ensuring safe working practices and working environment including monitoring and maintaining cleanliness of the service area and report, without delay, all hazards - real and potential. Leading audit and compliance activities and reports. 25. Working in ways that support shared responsibility within the team: demonstrating support, respect and courtesy towards colleagues; working in a professional manner and with Trust values always in mind, respecting the boundaries of the relationship with service users/patients, carers and staff. 26. Leading, attending and participating in team meetings and contributing ideas to multi- Professional team discussions. 27. Engaging in reflective practice to ensure effective patient care is based on evidence based practice and with Trust values in mind. Attending staff training and meetings including reflective practice groups and activities including the development of reflective portfolio. 28. Participating in supervision by nominated senior staff member, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal (or PADR) system. Providing supervision to Provide supervision to Band 3 and 4 non-registered staff. 29. Demonstrating own role to others and acting as role model to others at all times in accordance with Trust values providing junior leadership role. 30. Undertaking mandatory training as required by Trust policy other CPD training related to the role or area of work. Maintain a relevant work development portfolio and comply with all requirements of NMC revalidation 31. Contributing to clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance. Contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area. 32. Contributing in training and development programmes of staff and supporting the clinical placements of student nurses. 33. Acting as lead for the assessment and co-ordination of the Care Certificate for all Healthcare Support Workers in the clinical area, particularly if reasonable adjustments need to be made to complete training and learning. 34. Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical) and if unable to then reasonable adjustments may need to be made either to your role or place of work to ensure safety of self, staff and patients. 35. Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the band and nature of the post Research and Quality 36. Contributing to research and audit activities, disseminating knowledge and results and contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area. 37. Contributing to service improvement (Quality Improvement and Innovation) and developments, benchmarking exercises.

As aRegistered Mental Health Nurseyou provide direct personal care to service users/ patients, without direct supervision, and co-ordinate the care given by colleagues.

The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centered care in a collaborative way. The post holder will co-ordinate a first class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records. Band 5 nursing roles are only open only to staff with a nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Main duties of the job:
• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
• Teaching ability
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
• Approachable Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
• Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
• Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS
• Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas as required

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.

3. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

4. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.

5. Liaising and working positively with members of the multidisciplinary team and partner organisations.

6. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.

7. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.

8. Developing the management of care needs through:

a. Initial data collection

b. Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress

c. Feedback and discussion

d. Producing reports and in-care reviews

e. Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse.



9. Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including:

a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way.

b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.

c. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others.

d. Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.

e. Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service

users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions.

10. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.

11. Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed.

12. Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Knowledge and Frameworks

13. Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors. Supporting junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.

14. Recognizing and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Supporting junior staff in managing difficult situations and de’escalation and developing resilience and strategies to manage.

15. Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the MHA, MCA and DOLS and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times.

Communication

16. Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information to patients, carers, family, friends and colleagues. Engaging and listening carefully and actively, and responding using appropriate language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations, acknowledging cultural differences and professional boundaries.

17. Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders ensuring: effective verbal and written handover of relevant and objective information. Demonstrating ability to determine key information, ability to recognize and describe effectively symptoms of mental illness, distress or of a deteriorating patient, and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner

18. Contributing towards the on-going quality of service and care by managing the patient caseload, organizing care including delegating tasks and duties appropriately to staff with relevant Competency, identifying and mitigating any risk issues in relation to the service users’ health and social care. Informing the relevant Health care professionals if there are any significant:

a. Changes in the service user’s physical or mental state

b. Factors relevant to the service user

c. Incidents related to the service user

19. Maintaining timely and accurate service user written/electronic records in line with Trust policy. Use care plans, pathway documents and Information System progress notes appropriately and in a timely manner

20. Reporting, without delay, any safety or security concerns to maintain the safety of service users, carers, staff and others to appropriate persons ( this could include clinical, environmental, legaL)

21. Understanding and contributing to the Trust risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures; being aware of the necessity to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times when working with service users.

22. Responding respectfully to concerns / complaints raised by patients, families and carers and escalate in accordance with trust polices.

23. Maintaining confidential information in accordance with Trust Policies.

Teamworking and Professional development

24. Protecting service users, self and others by maintaining a clean and healthy environment in accordance with health and safety and infection control policies. Ensuring safe working practices and working environment including monitoring and maintaining cleanliness of the service area and report, without delay, all hazards - real and potential. Leading audit and compliance activities and reports.

25. Working in ways that support shared responsibility within the team: demonstrating support, respect and courtesy towards colleagues; working in a professional manner and with Trust values always in mind, respecting the boundaries of the relationship with service users/patients, carers and staff.

26. Leading, attending and participating in team meetings and contributing ideas to multi- Professional team discussions.

27. Engaging in reflective practice to ensure effective patient care is based on evidence based practice and with Trust values in mind. Attending staff training and meetings including reflective practice groups and activities including the development of reflective portfolio.

28. Participating in supervision by nominated senior staff member, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal (or PADR) system. Providing supervision to Provide supervision to Band 3 and 4 non-registered staff.

29. Demonstrating own role to others and acting as role model to others at all times in accordance with Trust values providing junior leadership role.

30. Undertaking mandatory training as required by Trust policy other CPD training related to the role or area of work. Maintain a relevant work development portfolio and comply with all requirements of NMC revalidation

31. Contributing to clinical or governance reviews of the team’s activity and the monitoring of performance. Contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area.

32. Contributing in training and development programmes of staff and supporting the clinical placements of student nurses.

33. Acting as lead for the assessment and co-ordination of the Care Certificate for all Healthcare Support Workers in the clinical area, particularly if reasonable adjustments need to be made to complete training and learning.

34. Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical) and if unable to then reasonable adjustments may need to be made either to your role or place of work to ensure safety of self, staff and patients.

35. Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the band and nature of the post

Research and Quality

36. Contributing to research and audit activities, disseminating knowledge and results and contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area.

37. Contributing to service improvement (Quality Improvement and Innovation) and developments, benchmarking exercises.


This advert closes on Thursday 12 Sep 2024

JOB PURPOSE Provide a high level of dental nursing care for all patients; including special needs adults and children, elderly, medically compromised or anxious patients. Explain dental procedures/treatment to patients or carers. Deliver a high standard of chair-side assistance supporting all grades of clinicians. Maintaining a high level of cross infection control. Responsible for the day-to-day running of a base dental clinic. Providing dental nursing cover across service. Main Duties Dental Nursing Duties 1.1 Acting as relief dental nurse in community dental clinics across south London. However, you will be based usually within one health centre. 1.2 Preparing dental instruments, materials and equipment for each clinical session and ensuring the surgery is left tidy at the end of the day. 1.3 Receiving and preparing special needs patients, including children, adults and elderly people for treatment in the dental clinic under the direction of the dentist. 1.4 Assisting dental staff in the full range of dental treatment and procedures, ensuring that relevant information about the patient, including any change in his/her condition, is reported to the dentist. 1.5 Assisting with patients who have special needs, including vulnerable children, people who are elderly, mentally and physically disabled, suffering from terminal illness, infectious risk, or mental health problems. People with challenging behaviour or are anxious / phobic about receiving dental treatment. 1.6 Checking patients' fitness for discharge after extractions/sedation. 1.7 Preparation and participation in domiciliary care for elderly and patients who have difficulty in leaving their homes. Being aware of your surroundings and the property of the patient. 1.8 Preparation and participation in the treatment of patients in high security hospitals. 1.9 Having a full understanding of the current Department of Health decontamination guidelines and being responsible for the decontamination and sterilisation of all instruments, the safe disposal of sharps and any single use items. Testing the decontamination equipment on a daily and weekly basis and reporting faults to the appropriate person in line with local infection control guidelines. 1.10 Where appropriate, assisting with patients receiving treatment using conscious sedation or general anaesthetic. Providing pre and post operative care. 1.11 Re-assuring and informing the patient about further treatment and arranging appointments. 1.12 Giving patients, parents or carers oral hygiene instruction. 1.13 Assisting in dental screening and epidemiological fieldwork. 1.14 Working with hygiene and therapy students in community special care dentistry clinics. 1.15 Supervising student dental nurses on their placement in the community dental clinics. 1.16 Fully competent in the mixing of all dental materials. Clinic Management 2.1 Adhering to the departments Infection Control Policy and Blood Borne Virus policy when treating all patients. 2.2 Processing and mounting of radiography. To clean, maintain and test processor according to agreed procedures. 2.3 Management of surgery clinical waste, dealing appropriately and safely with hazardous or toxic waste materials. 2.4 Being aware of language and cultural difficulties and dealing with these in a sensitive and appropriate manner. 2.5 Disinfecting and packaging dental laboratory work and arranging collection 2.6 Up-keeping the patient filing and recall system and ensuring records have been completed. Undertaking general reception duties. 2.7 Taking responsibility for ordering stock for the dental clinics. Ensuring a level of stock control is maintained. Carrying out end of year stock audit. 2.8 Ordering pharmacy items and emergency drugs for the dental clinics. Ensuring drugs are within expiry dates. Ensuring the emergency drugs kit is reviewed on a weekly basis. 2.9 Monitoring equipment used in the dental surgery, maintaining the upkeep of the equipment by following directions set out by the manufacturer or the Department. Reporting any faults to the dental engineer. 2.10 In the absence of a dentist reporting any problems or deficiencies to Line Manager. Policy and Procedures The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well-being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients. Being aware of and adhering to Trust and Departmental Policy is essential. These policies include: Health and safety/risk assessment Infection Control and Blood Bourne Virus/HTM01-05 Manual Handling Violence and Aggression Domiciliary Infection Control Lone Worker Policy Confidentiality Kings Behaviour standards COSHH. The post holder will be expected to live by the Kings Values; Understanding you, Inspiring confidence in our care, Working together, Always aiming higher, Making a difference in our community. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.

JOB PURPOSE Provide a high level of dental nursing care for all patients; including special needs adults and children, elderly, medically compromised or anxious patients. Explain dental procedures/treatment to patients or carers. Deliver a high standard of chairside assistance supporting all grades of clinicians. Maintaining a high level of cross infection control. Responsible for the day-to-day running of a base dental clinic. Providing dental nursing cover across service. Main Duties Dental Nursing Duties 1.1 Acting as relief dental nurse in community dental clinics across south London. However, you will be based usually within one health centre. 1.2 Preparing dental instruments, materials and equipment for each clinical session and ensuring the surgery is left tidy at the end of the day. 1.3 Receiving and preparing special needs patients, including children, adults and elderly people for treatment in the dental clinic under the direction of the dentist. 1.4 Assisting dental staff in the full range of dental treatment and procedures, ensuring that relevant information about the patient, including any change in his/her condition, is reported to the dentist. 1.5 Assisting with patients who have special needs, including vulnerable children, people who are elderly, mentally and physically disabled, suffering from terminal illness, infectious risk, or mental health problems. People with challenging behaviour or are anxious / phobic about receiving dental treatment. 1.6 Checking patients' fitness for discharge after extractions/sedation. 1.7 Preparation and participation in domiciliary care for elderly and patients who have difficulty in leaving their homes. Being aware of your surroundings and the property of the patient. 1.8 Preparation and participation in the treatment of patients in high security hospitals. 1.9 Having a full understanding of the current Department of Health decontamination guidelines and being responsible for the decontamination and sterilisation of all instruments, the safe disposal of sharps and any single use items. Testing the decontamination equipment on a daily and weekly basis and reporting faults to the appropriate person in line with local infection control guidelines. 1.10 Where appropriate, assisting with patients receiving treatment using conscious sedation or general anaesthetic. Providing pre and post operative care. 1.11 Re-assuring and informing the patient about further treatment and arranging appointments. 1.12 Giving patients, parents or carers oral hygiene instruction. 1.13 Assisting in dental screening and epidemiological fieldwork. 1.14 Working with hygiene and therapy students in community special care dentistry clinics. 1.15 Supervising student dental nurses on their placement in the community dental clinics. 1.16 Fully competent in the mixing of all dental materials. Clinic Management 2.1 Adhering to the departments Infection Control Policy and Blood Borne Virus policy when treating all patients. 2.2 Processing and mounting of radiographs. To clean, maintain and test processor according to agreed procedures. 2.3 Management of surgery clinical waste, dealing appropriately and safely with hazardous or toxic waste materials. 2.4 Being aware of language and cultural difficulties and dealing with these in a sensitive and appropriate manner. 2.5 Disinfecting and packaging dental laboratory work and arranging collection 2.6 Up-keeping the patient filing and recall system and ensuring records have been completed. Undertaking general reception duties. 2.7 Taking responsibility for ordering stock for the dental clinics. Ensuring a level of stock control is maintained. Carrying out end of year stock audit. 2.8 Ordering pharmacy items and emergency drugs for the dental clinics. Ensuring drugs are within expiry dates. Ensuring the emergency drugs kit is reviewed on a weekly basis. 2.9 Monitoring equipment used in the dental surgery, maintaining the upkeep of the equipment by following directions set out by the manufacturer or the Department. Reporting any faults to the dental engineer. 2.10 In the absence of a dentist reporting any problems or deficiencies to Line Manager. Policy and Procedures The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients. Being aware of and adhering to Trust and Departmental Policy is essential. These policies include: Health and safety/risk assessment Infection Control and Blood Bourne Virus/HTM01-05 Manual Handling Violence and Aggression Domiciliary Infection Control Lone Worker Policy Confidentiality Kings Behaviour standards COSHH. The post holder will be expected to live by the Kings Values; Understanding you, Inspiring confidence in our care, Working together, Always aiming higher, Making a difference in our community. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.