Dental Nurse Apprentice

Provide efficient and reliable chair-side support to Practice Clinicians.

The role may also require working in other areas of the practice such as:

Reception Dealing with patient queries Answering the phone and greeting patients 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

Training Outcome:

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.

Health careers:

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/

Employer Description:
We are a caring, family-friendly practice, providing high quality dental care in a relaxed environment. Our patients come from a wide catchment area and some from as far as Hertfordshire & Wiltshire We believe five basic principles lie at the heart of excellent dental care: A personal approach – we treat every patient as an individual, with their own particular needs - dental and emotional Sympathy and gentleness – we understand the concern by some patients of 'visiting the dentist', and offer every visitor the utmost care and understanding Total hygiene – we take the necessary protection against infections including those which are blood-borne, and pride ourselves on our high standard of infection control A holistic and lifelong philosophy – we believe prevention is preferable to cure, and look to help you enjoy a lifetime of strong, healthy and attractive teeth The best and latest technology – better technology empowers better dentistry. This means you get the best dental care from highly qualified dentists and dental hygienists

Working Hours :
Shifts vary, Monday to Friday 8am to 6:30pm with occassional saturday.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Team working,Non judgemental,Patience