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.
Your role as a dental nurse will be to support the dentist in all aspects of patient care, this includes getting the appropriate instruments ready, mixing materials and ensuring patient comfort. You will also take notes from dentists dictation for records and once the patient has left, the dental nurse tidies the surgery and sterilises all of the instruments.Additionally, you will assist with reception work - making appointments, taking payments, dealing with paperwork and meeting and reassuring patients. You will also be required to:
Comply with all relevant policies, procedures and update training
Supporting and assisting the range of clinicians onsite
Prep. of clinical areas including instrumental sterilisation, cross infection control and all relevant information, equipment and materials in readiness for the treatment of patients
Maintain a fully prepared surgery at all times
Maintain adequate stock levels
To be conversant with basic first aid and resuscitation techniques by attending regular updates
Active participation in clinical or peer review
Support and assist with the teaching and commercial activity within the clinic
DUTIES
Your role as a dental nurse will be to support the dentist in all aspects of patient care, this includes getting the appropriate instruments ready, mixing materials and ensuring patient comfort. You will also take notes from dentists dictation for records and once the patient has left, the dental nurse tidies the surgery and sterilises all of the instruments.
Additionally, you will assist with reception work - making appointments, taking payments, dealing with paperwork and meeting and reassuring patients. You will also be required to:
Comply with all relevant policies, procedures and update training
Supporting and assisting the range of clinicians onsite
Prep. of clinical areas including instrumental sterilisation, cross infection control and all relevant information, equipment and materials in readiness for the treatment of patients
Maintain a fully prepared surgery at all times
Maintain adequate stock levels
To be conversant with basic first aid and resuscitation techniques by attending regular updates
Active participation in clinical or peer review
Support and assist with the teaching and commercial activity within the clinic
To keep surgeries clean and tidy
WORKING HOURS PER WEEK
Exact hours to be discussed at interview. Total hours per week: 37
REQUIRED SKILLS
Strong communication skills (written and oral)
Good team player
Ability to work under pressure
Reliable
Computer literacy
Excellent Attendance Record
High level of manual dexterity
REQUIRED QUALITIES
Honest, calm and caring
Trustworthy
Positive attitude and enthusiatsic
Good attention to detail
Ability to multi-task
Organised
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Must have GCSE’s in both English and Maths (or at least be predicted to achieve good grades in recently taken examinations). Further GCSE’s desirable.
NUMBER OF VACANCIES
1
EXPECTED DURATION
18 months
FUTURE PROSPECTS
Could lead to a full time position for successful candidate
