Apprentice Dental Nurse

Apprentice Dental Nurse required to join a busy dental practice in Liverpool starting in May 2017.

GCSE’s A-C in English and Maths desirable.

No experience necessary.  Qualities required for this job role include: kind, hardworking, passionate about working with a range of people, personally presented well and eager to learn individually and as part of a team.

Hours - 5 days a week.

National Minimum Wage for an apprentice: £3.40 per hour.

As a Dental Nurse apprentice, you will be: Assisting dentists and patients, calling patients in, patient cards, sterilisation, Instrument decontamination, reception cover including phone calls,

Skills Required:  Good communication skills, good work ethic, flexible approach, organisational skills, maintain high standard of work at all times, ability to work well as part of a team as well as individually, ability to use own initiative, a willingness to learn new tasks and to work flexibly.

As a Dental Nurse apprentice, you will be:  Assisting dentists and patients, calling patients in, patient cards, sterilisation, Instrument decontamination, reception cover including phone calls

Clinical: Set up and prepare the surgery for the type of patient and treatment planned before the start of each session, clean and sterilise all instruments / equipment and working surfaces to the required standards at the end of each session, prepare the necessary materials and instruments, ensure safe disposal of sharps and clinical waste, dental radiography and assist in the correct procedure for dental radiography either via the computer or processing unit, maintain and clean radiography processing unit, escort patients from the waiting room to the surgery, confirming the medical history is up-to-date and warning the dentist of any problems that he / she has noted, follow all practice policies and procedures, obey all dental ethical guidelines including all rules on confidentiality

Administrative:  General day to day admin duties that may be required by the practice manager for you to fulfil.  For example: Filling out client cards, booking appointments, reception desk duty.

Job Type: Apprenticeship

Salary: £3.40 per hour.

For an opportunity to join this expanding company please submit your CV online.

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