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Apprentice Dental Nurse - Leicester

Leicester
£16.6k/yr
Posted about 2 months ago

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Apprentice Dental Nurse - Leicester

The apprenticeship in dental nursing is a 12-month government-funded course by City & Guilds, a Level 3 Extended Diploma. Alongside your learning, your job role within the practice will entail assisting dentists, sterilising & preparing equipment, reception duties and supporting patient experience.

Provide efficient and reliable chair-side support to the dental surgery.

Responsibilities

The day-to-day duties of a dental nurse can span across all areas of the practice and can include:

  • Reception, including answering the phone and greeting patients
  • Dealing with patient queries
  • Taking payments
  • Booking appointments and follow-ups
  • Sterilising and preparing equipment for dentists
  • Recording and dealing with patient records
  • Supporting patients' wellbeing and dental experience
  • Cleaning dental areas, including chairs
  • Managing stock of equipment and supplies
  • Any other duties to support the dentists and senior team to provide effective patient care

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Requirements

  • GCSE in: English (grade 4), Maths (grade 4)
  • Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • To get a Hepatitis B vaccine
  • Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

About The Dental Practice

A healthcare provider that offers general dental services, from routine check-ups to more serious procedures like fillings and restorations.

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Benefits

With experience, you may be able to move into jobs like team manager, team leader or dental practice manager.

With further training, you could become a dental therapist, helping a dentist carry out the more routine dentistry work.

You could also become a dental hygienist, helping people to look after their teeth and gums.

You might decide to train as an orthodontic therapist, helping dentists to improve the look and position of a patient's teeth.

For more information on Dental Careers, please visit: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/

Contact

HARRIET ELLIS TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED Shannyn Stiffell shannyn@harrietellis.com 01708776050 The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030075.

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Skills

Assisting dentists
Sterilising equipment
Preparing equipment
Reception duties
Patient experience
Chair-side support
Dealing with patient queries
Taking payments
Booking appointments
Recording patient records
Cleaning dental areas
Managing stock
Communication skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Non judgemental
Patience
Patient care