Dental Nurse Specialist - Sedation Lead - Leamington Base

37.5 hours per week (Part time available) Permanent Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Closing Date: Sunday 4th October 2026 Interview Date: Wednesday 21st October 2026

• This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
• To ensure the efficient smooth running of all Sedation/GA lists and pre-assessment clinical sessions for Coventry & Warwickshire Community Dental Service.
• To be the primary lead and responsible nurse at all GA / Sedation sites across the county, ensuring on a rotational basis, appropriate coverage, continuity and best practice standards at all times.
• To support Clinicians in the specialist Dental Service to provide high quality dental care for a wide range of patients with complex specialist needs, including medically compromised conditions, tolerance and access difficulties.
• To be adaptable and perform all duties at all sites, and to work flexible times as patients' needs require.
• Responsible for the safe and effective operation of the Sedation and General Anaesthesia clinical sessions and associated nursing team.
• Prioritising of daily and weekly workload ensuring correction and completion of tasks to ensure effective clinical care.
• To develop and monitor an order system to ensure all materials, sundries and instruments required are available for all Sedation sites.
• To set-up a robust system to monitor stock levels and expiry dates of medicaments.
• To develop and implement best practice in all sedation sites to ensure the smooth and efficient running of sedation sessions.
• To work in partnership with the Booking and Access Team to collate all paperwork, x-rays, and blood test results as required for the individual's sedation appointment.
• To develop and maintain a system for each site to ensure that Special Care Dental Service instruments are made sterile and returned correctly following a sedation session and to liaise with HSDU department, if any inadequacies are identified in provision of service.
• To work Coventry & Warwickshire-wide across at all sedation sites on a rotational basis.
• To provide clinical assistance for a Clinician in the performance of their clinical duties which cover a range of procedures from full mouth dental examinations to minor oral surgery, in a clinical setting. Here At George Eliot Our Vision To ‘excel At Patient Care' Takes Centre Stage. An Ever Evolving Clinically-led Acute Service Provider We Are On a Journey To Continually Provide High Quality, Safe And Responsive Services Delivered By Inspiring, Friendly And Compassionate Staff Who Share Our Corporate Values Which Underpin Everything We Do. Our Values Are Not Just Words On a Piece Of Paper, They Bond Us Together, Reflect Our Ambition And Shape Who We Are Effective Open Communication excellence and safety in everything we do Challenge but support Expect respect and dignity Local health that inspires confidence Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking. If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme – find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sharon Bennett Job title: Dental Governance Lead Email address: sharon.bennett3@nhs.net Telephone number: 01926317748 Louise Burden Dental Operational Lead louise.burden@geh.nhs.uk 02476 280425