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Redmires Dental Care, based in Sheffield, has a fantastic opportunity. Reporting to the Practice Manager, day-to-day duties will include covering reception, assisting the dentist, working in the sterilisation room, providing outstanding levels of customer service, plus more.
Full Description
Your role will include:
- Assisting the dentist in the surgery
- Working the sterilisation room and the reception desk
You will, during a normal week, work in all these areas of the practice. However, your main role will be that of assisting the dentist in the dental surgery, with clinical situations and dealing with and communicating with patients. Whilst working in the surgery, you will assist with treatments and will need to use the computer to assist with recording information. You would need to take responsibility for ensuring the cleanliness of your surgery and the readiness of instruments and materials for the dentist to use.
In the sterilisation room, you will be responsible for ensuring that all equipment passes through the correct process and is ready for reuse.
You will, whilst on reception, need to:
- Greet patients
- Book appointments
- Collect payments
- File paperwork accurately
Also, answering the telephone and dealing with patient enquiries is an important part of your work.
As communication with staff and patients is an essential part of working in a dental practice, you would need to be a team player who is prepared to work efficiently and logically to achieve the necessary tasks each day.
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Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships include time for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills. Course contents include:
- Identifying anatomy
- Evaluating health risks
- Understanding scientific principles of materials
- Identifying signs of abuse, neglect or trauma
- Assessing patients' anxiety
- Contributing to investigations and procedures
- Undertaking orthodontic assessment
- Obtaining consent
- Recording patient history
- Charting
- Preparing records and images
- Managing patient anxiety
- Monitoring and supporting patients
- Identifying changes in oral health status
- Making arrangements for follow-up care
- Providing chairside support
- Preparing and handling dental materials
- Identifying risks in the clinical environment
- Implementing decontamination and infection control
- Preparing and maintaining the clinical environment
- Identifying and managing medical emergencies
- Providing preventive advice
- Supporting management of acute oral conditions
- Adopting an evidence-based approach
- Communicating effectively
- Maintaining patient records
- Acting with care, compassion, empathy and respect
- Communicating appropriately
- Giving feedback
- Respecting roles of other professionals
- Demonstrating team working
- Contributing to team care
- Managing and delegating work
- Taking a patient-centered approach
- Raising concerns
- Complying with systems for safe patient care
- Acting in accordance with best practice and guidelines
- Acting within legal frameworks
- Acting with integrity
- Demonstrating personal accountability
- Working in partnership
- Leading and managing where appropriate
- Supporting patients with barriers to accessing oral healthcare
- Treating patients with dignity and respect
- Supporting informed decision-making
- Demonstrating cultural competence
- Providing the best possible outcome for patients
- Speaking up to protect others
- Evaluating effectiveness of prevention
- Addressing discriminatory language and behaviour
- Evaluating the role of health promotion
- Evaluating environmental impacts of treatments
- Contributing positively to healthcare communities
- Evaluating an evidence base
- Utilising feedback for development
- Demonstrating personal development planning and reflective practice
- Evaluating new techniques and technologies
- Assessing own capabilities and limitations
- Recognising personal assumptions and biases
- Recognising the impact of contextual factors
- Demonstrating professional responsibility
- Developing and maintaining professional knowledge
- Demonstrating engagement with wellbeing strategies
- Demonstrating continuous improvement
- Recognising when and how to take action if wellbeing is compromised
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Apprenticeship standard
Dental Nurse Level 3, including End Point Assessment.
How training will be delivered is to be confirmed.
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