Apprentice Dental Nurse - Ryde

About the role

🚀 Dental Nurse Role 🚀

Are you ready to kickstart your career in a dynamic healthcare environment? We're on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals to join our team as Dental Nurses! This role is all about providing top-notch support to our clinicians, ensuring our patients have an amazing experience, and keeping everything running smoothly. You'll be a key player in maintaining our high standards of patient care, confidentiality, and GDPR compliance.

What You'll Be Doing Day-to-Day:

• 🤝 Patient Welcome & Scheduling: Greet patients warmly and assist with booking their appointments.
• ❓ Handling Enquiries: Professionally answer basic patient questions and provide clear information.
• ✨ Surgery Prep & Sterilisation: Get our surgeries ready for action, sterilise instruments, and maintain super strict infection control according to CQC standards.
• 🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Assistance: Support our dentists during treatments and keep patient records bang up to date, ensuring GDPR is always followed.
• 😌 Patient Comfort: Help patients feel relaxed and comfortable throughout their visit, making their dental experience positive.
• 📦 Stock & Equipment Management: Keep an eye on our supplies, equipment, and make sure the surgery is always ready to go.
• 🧼 Cleanliness & Safety: Maintain clean, safe, and fully equipped clinical areas.
• 🤫 Confidentiality: Uphold patient privacy, dignity, and confidentiality at all times – this is super important!
• 👥 Teamwork: Work closely with dentists and the wider team to deliver safe, efficient, and excellent care.

If you're organised, a great communicator, and passionate about making a difference, we want to hear from you! 🎉

Key responsibilities

• Provide efficient chairside support to clinicians.
• Assist with patient care, including welcoming and handling basic enquiries.
• Prepare surgeries, sterilise instruments, and maintain infection control.
• Accurately update patient records and uphold patient confidentiality.
• Monitor and manage stock, equipment, and clinical areas.