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Dental Nurse Apprentice - London

London
£12.5k/yr
Posted about 1 month ago
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About the Role

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.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

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

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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Where you'll work

4A
Flower Lane
London
NW7 2JB

Training schedule

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation:
HARRIET ELLIS TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Your training course:
Dental nurse
Equal to Level 3 (A level)

More training information

Dental Nurse (GDC 2023) Level 3 (A level) Apprenticeship Standard
The training will take place at the dental surgery
Functional Skills if required

Off-the-job training is on average 7 hours per week

Essential qualifications

  • GCSE in:
    • English (grade 4)
    • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Non-judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

  • Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • To get a Hepatitis B vaccine

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

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in a new tab).

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/

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HARRIET ELLIS TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Shannyn Stiffell
shannyn@harrietellis.com
01708776050

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048169.

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Skills

coordinate care
communication
work in an organised manner
customer service
teamwork principles
exercise patience
respond to changing situations in health care
educate on the prevention of illness
prepare dental instruments for sterilization
observe patient throughout dental treatment
contribute to continuity of health care
promote health and safety policies in health services
use e-health and mobile health technologies
empathise with the healthcare user
provide dental administrative post-treatment patient services
deal with emergency care situations
prepare materials for dental procedures
provide health education
deal with patients' anxiety
communicate in healthcare

Location

4a Flower Ln, London NW7 2JB, UK

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