Dental Nurse Apprenticeship - Woodford Green

About the role

Dental Nurse 🦷✨

Are you ready to jump into the dynamic world of dentistry and make a real difference? We're on the hunt for a super organised and helpful Dental Nurse to be the ultimate right-hand person for our dentists! 🚀 This isn't just about handing over instruments; you'll be at the heart of patient care, ensuring smooth sailing from start to finish. 🌊

What you'll be doing:

• Being the Ultimate Support: Provide top-notch, efficient, and reliable chair-side assistance to our dentists. You're their go-to! 💪
• Mastering Practice Operations: Your role can flex across all areas of the practice, meaning your days will be varied and exciting! 🗓️
• Front of House Excellence: Greet patients with a smile 😊, answer those important phone calls 📞, and handle patient queries with professionalism and care.
• Admin Ace: Keep appointments running like clockwork by booking, rescheduling, and following up with patients. ⏰
• Cash Handling: Confidently manage payments and ensure everything is accounted for. 💰
• Sterilisation Superstar: Keep our equipment spotless and ready for action by expertly sterilising and preparing it for dental procedures. 🧽✨
• Record Keeper: Meticulously record and manage patient information, ensuring confidentiality and accuracy. 📝
• Patient Wellbeing Champion: Support our patients' overall wellbeing and create a positive, comfortable dental experience for them. Your empathy is key! ❤️
• Tidy Workspace Pro: Help maintain clean and hygienic dental areas, including the chairs. A fresh space is a happy space! 🌿
• Stock Control Guru: Keep an eye on our equipment and supplies, making sure we're always stocked up and ready to go. 📦
• Team Player Extraordinaire: Pitch in with any other duties that help our dentists and senior team deliver outstanding patient care. We're all in this together! 🤝

Important Note: Due to insurance restrictions, you must be aged 19 or above to apply for this position. 🔞

Key responsibilities

• Provide efficient and reliable chair-side support to the dental surgery.
• Undertake reception duties, including answering the phone and greeting patients.
• Sterilising and preparing equipment for dentists.
• Recording and dealing with patient records.
• Supporting patients' wellbeing and dental experience.