Apprentice Dental Nurse - Stoke-on-trent

About the role

Dental Nurse 🦷✨

Ready to dive into the exciting world of dental care? We're on the lookout for a motivated and super-organized Dental Nurse to join our amazing team! This role is all about making sure our clinicians have top-notch chairside support and our patients have an incredible experience. Think of yourself as the ultimate patient advocate, ensuring everyone feels comfortable, cared for, and confident. 😉

What you'll be doing day-to-day:

• Patient Welcoming & Scheduling: Greeting patients with a smile 😊 and helping them manage their appointments.
• Handling Enquiries: Professionally answering patient questions and providing helpful info.
• Surgery Prep & Sterilisation: Getting treatment rooms ready, making sure all instruments are sparkling clean and sterilised to the highest standards 🧼, and keeping infection control on point!
• Chairside Assistance: Working hand-in-hand with our dentists during treatments, and keeping patient records accurate and up-to-date (keeping all that confidential info super safe 🔒).
• Patient Comfort: Being the friendly face that reassures patients, making their visit as stress-free and positive as possible. Your empathy is key! ❤️
• Stock & Equipment Management: Keeping an eye on supplies, making sure our equipment is ready to go, and generally keeping the surgery in tip-top shape.
• Maintaining a Safe Space: Ensuring our clinical areas are always clean, safe, and fully equipped for anything.
• Privacy & Confidentiality: Upholding patient privacy, dignity, and confidentiality is non-negotiable. You're a trusted professional! 🤫
• Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Collaborating with our dentists and the rest of the team to deliver brilliant, safe, and efficient care to everyone who walks through our doors. 🤝

If you're passionate about making a difference, love a fast-paced environment, and want to be part of a supportive and fun team, we want to hear from you! 🎉

Key responsibilities

• Provide efficient and reliable chairside support to clinicians, ensuring high standards of patient care and confidentiality.
• Prepare surgeries, sterilise instruments, and maintain infection control to CQC standards.
• Assist clinicians during treatments and accurately update patient records in line with GDPR.
• Welcome patients, assist with appointment scheduling, and handle basic patient enquiries professionally.
• Monitor and manage stock, equipment, and surgery readiness, maintaining clean, safe clinical areas.