Apprentice Dental Nurse
183DENTAL LTD
Prescot (L35 5AF)
Closes in 19 days (Monday 2 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 May 2025
Contents
Summary
You will be working within a busy dental practice assisting the dentist in surgery and also be working on reception too. You will be preparing patients for dental treatments by setting up the chair, instruments & materials.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 8.40am - 6.00pm and Friday, 8.40am - 5.00pm with 1 hour lunch break.
(Wednesday: College Day)
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 16 June 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Providing reassurance and support to patients throughout the treatment process
- Explaining procedures and answering patient questions
- Passing instruments and materials to the dentist during procedures
- Assisting with taking dental impressions, radiographs, and other procedures
- Preparing and mixing dental materials, such as fillings
- Ensuring the sterilisation and proper maintenance of dental equipment and instruments
- Adhering to strict infection control protocols and cross-contamination procedures
- Maintaining a clean and organized dental practice
- Maintaining accurate and complete patient records
- Assisting with administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments and handling patient inquiries
- Taking and processing dental radiographs under the supervision of the dentist
- Supporting other members of the dental team
- Making appropriate referrals to other healthcare professionals
Where you'll work
183 Warrington Road
Whiston
Prescot
L35 5AF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ST HELENS COLLEGE
Your training course
Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Adhere to legal and ethical responsibilities in line with General Dental Council requirements
- Take responsibility for the integrity of own actions and completed work, recognising the limits of your competence and experience
- Comply with current best practice guidelines
- Put patients’ interests first and act to protect them by working in a patient-centred way
- Effectively manage own time and resources
- Provide chair side support during dental procedures
- Monitor, support and reassure patients throughout all aspects of their treatment, ensuring patient-centred care
- Communicate appropriately, effectively and sensitively at all times and through all media
- Respect patients’ dignity and choices and act without discrimination
- Check that valid consent is obtained for all treatments and personal care delivery
- Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- Work in the clinical environment in a safe and efficient manner
- Select and prepare the correct equipment, instruments and materials
- Carry out and record maintenance and testing of equipment in line with local policy, procedures and the scope of your own role
- Manage and perform effective decontamination and infection control procedures complying with legislative, local and current best practice guidelines
- Mix, handle, store and dispose of materials in line with manufacturers recommendations
- Create and update accurate and current patient records, including social, medical and dental history, storing and archiving them securely and in line with legislation
- Carry out processing of radiographs in line with local procedures and rules
- Make effective decisions regarding the safety of patients when taking a radiograph
- Deliver appropriate and current evidence-based oral and general health advice
- Recognise and support action to deal with medical emergencies
- Respond to medical emergencies and be competent in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Take part in appraisal and ongoing review processes
- Take part in continuous professional development activities
- Reflect on how your daily practice complies with the General Dental Council requirements for continual improvement
- Comply with personal development planning as specified by the General Dental Council
- Participate in quality improvement activities as required
- Be collaborative and work as part of the team
- Adhere to legal and ethical responsibilities in line with General Dental Council requirements
- Take responsibility for the integrity of own actions and completed work, recognising the limits of your competence and experience
- Comply with current best practice guidelines
- Put patients’ interests first and act to protect them by working in a patient-centred way
- Effectively manage own time and resources
- Provide chair side support during dental procedures
- Monitor, support and reassure patients throughout all aspects of their treatment, ensuring patient-centred care
- Communicate appropriately, effectively and sensitively at all times and through all media
- Respect patients’ dignity and choices and act without discrimination
- Check that valid consent is obtained for all treatments and personal care delivery
- Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- Work in the clinical environment in a safe and efficient manner
- Select and prepare the correct equipment, instruments and materials
- Carry out and record maintenance and testing of equipment in line with local policy, procedures and the scope of your own role
- Manage and perform effective decontamination and infection control procedures complying with legislative, local and current best practice guidelines
- Mix, handle, store and dispose of materials in line with manufacturers recommendations
- Create and update accurate and current patient records, including social, medical and dental history, storing and archiving them securely and in line with legislation
- Carry out processing of radiographs in line with local procedures and rules
- Make effective decisions regarding the safety of patients when taking a radiograph
- Deliver appropriate and current evidence-based oral and general health advice
- Recognise and support action to deal with medical emergencies
- Respond to medical emergencies and be competent in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Take part in appraisal and ongoing review processes
- Take part in continuous professional development activities
- Reflect on how your daily practice complies with the General Dental Council requirements for continual improvement
- Comply with personal development planning as specified by the General Dental Council
- Participate in quality improvement activities as required
- Be collaborative and work as part of the team
Your training plan
- Dental Nurse (integrated) Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- The apprenticeship will be delivered as a weekly day release in College
More training information
Functional skills will be delivered on college premises if required
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4/C & Above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4/C & Above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Empathy & understanding
- Active listening
- Positive attitude
Other requirements
We are a very busy dental practice. We can run late with emergency and trauma patients.
About this company
We are a dental practice based in Whiston/Prescot. We treat all adult patients privately and see children under the age of 18 on the NHS. We have a small plan for children and see these privately.
After this apprenticeship
- To qualify as a nurse and possibly do further training if the candidate wishes to
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ST HELENS COLLEGE
Carolyn Mason
CMMason@sthelens.ac.uk
01744623521
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320588.
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Closes in 19 days (Monday 2 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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