Apprentice Dental Nurse - York
Orthokind · Yorkshire And Humberside · YO1 7HZ
About the role
Are you ready to kickstart your career in healthcare? ✨ We're looking for passionate and detail-oriented individuals to join our team as Dental Nurses!
In this role, you'll be the backbone of our clinical operations, providing essential chairside support to our clinicians and ensuring every patient has a top-notch experience. 🦷 You'll be at the forefront of patient care, upholding the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and data protection (GDPR!).
Your day-to-day could involve:
• Making patients feel welcome and helping them manage their appointments. 📅
• Handling patient questions with confidence and care.
• Getting our surgeries prepped, sterilizing instruments, and keeping everything spotless and safe to CQC standards. 🧼
• Being an extra pair of hands for our clinicians during treatments and keeping patient records spot-on. 📝
• Ensuring patients feel comfortable, reassured, and have an amazing dental visit. 😊
• Keeping an eye on our supplies, equipment, and making sure our surgeries are always ready to go. 🚀
• Maintaining clean, safe, and fully equipped clinical spaces.
• Protecting patient privacy, dignity, and confidentiality like it's your job (because it is!). 🤫
• Working seamlessly with our dentists and the whole team to deliver safe, efficient, and brilliant care. 🤝
If you're a team player, have a knack for organization, and are eager to make a real difference in people's lives, we want to hear from you! 🙌
Key responsibilities
- Welcome patients and assist with appointment scheduling.
- Prepare surgeries, sterilise instruments, and maintain infection control.
- Assist clinicians during treatments and accurately update patient records.
- Monitor and manage stock, equipment, and surgery readiness.
- Uphold patient privacy, dignity, and confidentiality at all times.