Apprentice Dental Nurse

Summary

Bottesford Dental is looking for a friendly and welcoming Apprentice Dental Nurse to join their busy practice. Within this role you will gain key skills pivotal in becoming a successful dental nurse in a surgery that provides extensive dental treatments and is passionate about the service they provide to the community they serve.

Annual wage: £11,315.20 a year
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Training course: Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)
Hours: Monday – Friday 8.00am – 6.00pm
34 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 10 December
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Bottesford Dental offer dentistry a little differently. They love nothing more than helping the most nervous of patients and watching them gain in confidence. They are passionate about community projects and like to be involved in the community they serve. If sounds like a team you would like to join then look no further.

Duties include:

• Working chairside, with a dentist/hygienist in a busy dental practice

• To ensure Health and Safety is adhered to at all times in surgery

• To be professional at all times

• To ensure you have good communication at all times

• To make patients feel at ease and comfortable at all times

• To innovate ideas and initiate action to improve the overall perception of the practice, ensuring its good name continues

• To ensure all facilities are presented to the highest levels of cleanliness and comfort

• To be aware of all Health & Safety issues within the practice, to constantly implement and assess procedures drawing attention to any unsafe practices

• To make sure all parts of the practice are safe and secure when not in use

• To cover duties of such other members of staff as required

• To undertake any other duties as may be required to assist in the running of the Dental Practice Portray a professional and positive image of the Dental Practice, wearing the uniform provided whilst on duty

This apprenticeship is work based learning therefore most of the time you will be working at the employer's address. You will only need to attend college in Nottingham City Centre one day every 2 weeks for training.

Where you’ll work

12 ALBERT STREET

BOTTESFORD

NOTTINGHAM

NG13 0AJ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

Your training course

Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Adhere to legal and ethical responsibilities in line with General Dental Council requirements
Take responsibility for the integrity of own actions and completed work, recognising the limits of your competence and experience
Comply with current best practice guidelines
Put patients’ interests first and act to protect them by working in a patient-centred way
Effectively manage own time and resources
Provide chair side support during dental procedures
Monitor, support and reassure patients throughout all aspects of their treatment, ensuring patient-centred care
Communicate appropriately, effectively and sensitively at all times and through all media
Respect patients’ dignity and choices and act without discrimination
Check that valid consent is obtained for all treatments and personal care delivery
Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
Work in the clinical environment in a safe and efficient manner
Select and prepare the correct equipment, instruments and materials
Carry out and record maintenance and testing of equipment in line with local policy, procedures and the scope of your own role
Manage and perform effective decontamination and infection control procedures complying with legislative, local and current best practice guidelines
Mix, handle, store and dispose of materials in line with manufacturers recommendations
Create and update accurate and current patient records, including social, medical and dental history, storing and archiving them securely and in line with legislation
Carry out processing of radiographs in line with local procedures and rules
Make effective decisions regarding the safety of patients when taking a radiograph
Deliver appropriate and current evidence-based oral and general health advice
Recognise and support action to deal with medical emergencies
Respond to medical emergencies and be competent in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Take part in appraisal and ongoing review processes
Take part in continuous professional development activities
Reflect on how your daily practice complies with the General Dental Council requirements for continual improvement
Comply with personal development planning as specified by the General Dental Council
Participate in quality improvement activities as required
Be collaborative and work as part of the team
Adhere to legal and ethical responsibilities in line with General Dental Council requirements
Take responsibility for the integrity of own actions and completed work, recognising the limits of your competence and experience
Comply with current best practice guidelines
Put patients’ interests first and act to protect them by working in a patient-centred way
Effectively manage own time and resources
Provide chair side support during dental procedures
Monitor, support and reassure patients throughout all aspects of their treatment, ensuring patient-centred care
Communicate appropriately, effectively and sensitively at all times and through all media
Respect patients’ dignity and choices and act without discrimination
Check that valid consent is obtained for all treatments and personal care delivery
Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
Work in the clinical environment in a safe and efficient manner
Select and prepare the correct equipment, instruments and materials
Carry out and record maintenance and testing of equipment in line with local policy, procedures and the scope of your own role
Manage and perform effective decontamination and infection control procedures complying with legislative, local and current best practice guidelines
Mix, handle, store and dispose of materials in line with manufacturers recommendations
Create and update accurate and current patient records, including social, medical and dental history, storing and archiving them securely and in line with legislation
Carry out processing of radiographs in line with local procedures and rules
Make effective decisions regarding the safety of patients when taking a radiograph
Deliver appropriate and current evidence-based oral and general health advice
Recognise and support action to deal with medical emergencies
Respond to medical emergencies and be competent in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Take part in appraisal and ongoing review processes
Take part in continuous professional development activities
Reflect on how your daily practice complies with the General Dental Council requirements for continual improvement
Comply with personal development planning as specified by the General Dental Council
Participate in quality improvement activities as required
Be collaborative and work as part of the team

Your training plan

Dental Nurse Level 3
Bi-Weekly attendace to Nottingham College City Hub
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/dental-nurse-integrated-v1-3
Functional Skills if required

Please note that the apprenticeship standards require the apprentice to sit an End Point Assessment. Please refer to above link for more information.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Mathematics (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Time Management

About this company

Bottesford Dental was born in 2011 to provide dental care for the village of Bottesford and the surrounding areas which include Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. We offer dentistry a little differently to how you may have experienced it before. We love nothing more than helping the most nervous of patients and watching them gain in confidence and we also want to give back to our community. We are passionate about our community projects and like to be involved in the community we serve.

https://bottesforddentalhealth.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential opportunity for a permanent role within the company following successful completion of the apprenticeship.

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