DENTAL NURSE

Duration: Level 3: 24 Months

Level: Level 3

Dental Nurses provide the essential link between dentists and patients. The role supporting dentists, and the other care professionals who look after our teeth, with anything from sterilising instruments to reassuring a nervous patient through to booking appointments and assisting chairside.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Understand & Reduce health and safety risks
Apply Health & Safety Precautions
Provide basic life support
Anatomy of teeth and internal structures
Prepare and maintain environments, instruments and equipment for clinical dental procedures
Offer information and support to individuals on the protection on their oral health
Contribute to the production of dental images
Provide chair-side support during the extraction of teeth and minor oral surgery, as well as other dental treatments
Understand & Promote Cross Infection within the Dental setting

If no exemptions are in place, you will also be required to study maths and English as well as any additional qualifications that your employment needs.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

You will be assessed in one or more of the following ways:

Coursework
Oral questioning
Portfolio of evidence
Practical demonstration/assignment
Practical & online examinations
Gateway assessment by independent assessor on research project

WHAT CAN I DO NEXT?

Level 3 is the professional qualification you need to work as a Dental Nurse and leads to General Dental Council Registration. From Level 3 you could progress to the Post Qualification in Oral Health or the Level 4 Practice Manager apprenticeship. There are many opportunities for dental nurses to progress in the dental sector. You could move to dental therapy, hygiene, oral health promotion or dental practice management. You could move on to related healthcare roles in nursing or radiography.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW?

This course operates from sites in Preston, Southport and Lancaster.

A qualification which has been approved by the General Dental Council as meeting the requirements for entry to the professional register.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

All Apprenticeships require an initial assessment, interview and employment in the industry. At Level 3 you will need to achieve your functional skills at Level 2 if you don’t have your GCSE’s in English and Maths at grade A*-C.

AS PLASTERERS YOU COULD EARN...

1782

Currently Employed

Current Opportunities

1806

Expected Jobs in 2020

1845

Expected Jobs in 2022

£28,163

average

£37,856

potential

£19,053

entry level

1782

Currently Employed

Current Opportunities

1806

Expected Jobs in 2020

1845

Expected Jobs in 2022

£28,163

average

£37,856

potential

£19,053

entry level

1782

Currently Employed

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