Dental Nurse - Trainee

Trainee Dental Nurse

Smart Dental Academy

£3.50 an hour - Apprenticeship

Apprentice Dental Nurse required to join a busy dental practice in Manchester.

Starting in August 2017

GCSE’s A-C in English and Maths essential

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 – 30 plus.

APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO COLLEGE ONE DAY A WEEK IN  MANCHESTER.

National Minimum Wage for an apprentice: £3.50 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

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: £3.50 per hour

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

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