Apprentice Dental Nurse
GHB ORAL HEALTH LIMITED
About the Role
Do you want to start your career as a dental nurse? If so, GHB Dental Care based in Sheffield has a fantastic opportunity for the correct candidate. Reporting to the manager, day to day duties will include; covering reception, assisting the dentist, working in the sterilisation room, providing outstanding levels of customers service.
Your role will include assisting the dentist in the surgery, working the sterilisation room and the reception desk. You will during a normal week work in all these areas of the practice however your main role will be that of assisting the dentist in the dental surgery, with clinical situations and dealing with and communicating with patients.
Whilst working in the surgery you will assist with treatments and will need to use the computer to assist with recording information.
You would need to take responsibility for ensuring the cleanliness of your surgery and the readiness of instruments and materials for the dentist to use.
In the sterilisation room you would be responsible for ensuring that all equipment passes through the correct process ready for reuse.
As communication with staff and patients is an essential part of working in the dental practice you would need to be a team player who is prepared to work efficiently and logically to achieve the necessary tasks each day.
- Possibility of full-time employment subject to successful completion of the apprenticeship.
About the Training
- Apprenticeship standard-Dental Nurse Level 3
- Day release at Charles Clifford Dental Practice at Sheffield
About the Employer
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Training Provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Course/Training
Dental nurse (level 3)