Job Description
The role of a Dental Nurse Apprentice encompasses:
- Preparing and maintaining the dental environment, including instruments, equipment, and materials
- Carrying out infection control and decontamination procedures
- Recording dental charting
- Preparing, mixing, and handling dental materials
- Providing chairside support to patients and the dentist
Personal Qualities :
- A Dental Nurse must maintain a high level of personal hygiene. This includes wearing a clean uniform everyday in the clinical environment and closed toed - flat heeled shoes. The uniform and work shoes are not to be worn outside of the clinical environment
- Any jewellery worn must comply with health and safety and professional requirements and is usually limited to one pair of stud earrings and a wedding band
- Fingernails must be clean, cut short, and free of nail polish and false nails
- Hair must be kept clean and tied back
- Make-up must be kept to a minimum and false eyelashes are not to be worn
Skills Required :
- We expect a friendly, responsible, and positive attitude towards the role, the patients, and the dental team
- A Dental Nurse must be well presented and show a willingness to study and learn
- A team player with good written and verbal communication skills
Future Prospects :
Once qualified as a Dental Nurse and registered with the General Dental Council there are a range of opportunities for knowledge and duties to be extended in the following fields:
- Dental Radiography
- Oral Health Education
- Orthodontic Dental Nursing
- Sedation Dental Nursing
- Special Care Dental Nursing
- Taking Dental Impressions
- Topical Fluoride Application
- There are also university opportunities in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
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