Dental Nurse Apprentice - Sunderland and Houghton Le Spring

Provide efficient and reliable chair-side support to the dental surgery.

The day-to-day duties of a dental nurse can span across all areas of the practice and can include:

Reception, including answering the phone and greeting patients
Dealing with patient queries
Taking payments
Booking appointments and follow-ups
Sterilising and preparing equipment for dentists
Recording and dealing with patient records
Supporting patients' wellbeing and dental experience
Cleaning dental areas, including chairs
Managing stock of equipment and supplies
Any other duties to support the dentists and senior team to provide effective patient care

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation
HARRIET ELLIS TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Your training course
Dental nurse

Equal to Level 3 (A level)

After the apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

 

With experience, you may be able to move into jobs like team manager, team leader or dental practice manager
With further training, you could become a dental therapist, helping a dentist carry out the more routine dentistry work
You could also become a dental hygienist, helping people to look after their teeth and gums
You might decide to train as an orthodontic therapist, helping dentists to improve the look and position of a patient's teeth
For more information on Dental Careers, please visit: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/

Things to consider

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
To get a Hepatitis B vaccine