Patient Care:

• Welcome patients in a professional and friendly manner
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
• Provide reassurance to anxious or nervous patients
• Communicate clearly and respectfully with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Support patients with additional needs, where appropriate
• Escalate any clinical or safeguarding concerns to a senior team member

Administrative Duties:

• Assist with maintaining accurate and complete patient records
• Update medical histories when instructed
• Support appointment booking and reception duties when required
• Answer telephone calls professionally
• Assist with filing, scanning and processing practice documents
• Maintain stock records and notify the appropriate person when supplies are running low
• Check deliveries and store materials correctly
• Complete relevant clinical checklists and logs

General Responsibilities:

• Follow all practice policies, procedures and standard operating procedures
• Comply with health and safety requirements
• Maintain professional behaviour, appearance and punctuality
• Work effectively as part of the dental team
• Attend staff meetings, training sessions and performance reviews
• Report accidents, incidents, complaints and near misses promptly
• Protect confidential patient, employee and business information
• Carry out any other reasonable duties appropriate to the role

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training Provider:

TRAINING 2000 LIMITED

Training Course:

Dental nurse (level 3)

Course contents include identifying anatomy, evaluating health risks of drug use, understanding materials and biomaterials, safeguarding, assessing patient anxiety, undertaking orthodontic assessment, obtaining consent, recording patient history and charting, managing radiographs, providing chairside support, infection control, managing medical emergencies, providing preventive advice, communication skills, maintaining records, team working, and professional development.

Essential Qualifications:

• GCSE in: English (grade 4/C or above), Maths (grade 4/C or above). Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills:

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Initiative

Kendal Dental Aesthetics and Implant Clinic is a busy, modern dental practice providing NHS and private dental care. Our team is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred treatment in a professional and supportive environment.

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.

The apprentice will work towards becoming a qualified Dental Nurse. Candidates who successfully complete their apprenticeship, demonstrate good performance and meet the needs of the practice may be offered a permanent full-time position.

Further development opportunities may include additional qualifications in areas such as dental radiography, oral health education, impression taking, fluoride application, sedation nursing, implant nursing or practice management.

Contact:

The contact for this apprenticeship is: TRAINING 2000 LIMITED, Tahir Khan, tahir.khan@t2000.co.uk, 0125454659. The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000044091.