Dental Nurse

Clyde Munro Dental Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An established dental practice in Edinburgh is seeking a part-time Dental Nurse to join their friendly team. This role is vital in delivering exceptional patient care and ensuring the practice runs efficiently. You'll be responsible for chair side support, maintaining patient records, and creating a welcoming environment for patients. This innovative firm values the development of its staff and offers numerous benefits, including career progression opportunities and a supportive work culture. If you are passionate about dental care and eager to grow in your career, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive pay scale

Career progression opportunities

Referral bonus

Company paid GDC fee

Professional Development

Wellbeing initiatives

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced family friendly policies

Birthday day off

Qualifications

• Must be GDC registered and have experience in Private/NHS practices.
• Demonstrate high levels of patient care and work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair side support and ensure excellent patient care.
• Maximise use of internal systems for accurate patient records.

Skills

Patient Care

Teamwork

Initiative

Communication

Education

GDC Registration

Experience in Private/NHS Practices

Tools

Software of Excellence

Job description

Join our Team!

We are excited to be recruiting a part-time Dental Nurse to join our friendly and welcoming team at Goldenacre Dental Practice. The working pattern for this position is a Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8.45am-5.30pm.

Goldenacre Dental Practice in Edinburgh has been established for over 100 years, providing the highest standards of care, services and dental treatments to all their NHS and private patients. The team of highly qualified dentists are passionate about the well-being and health of the patients and are constantly striving to provide the best service.

The practice has more than 10,000 patients all registered and entitled to NHS treatment as well as access to a full range of Private options.

Your Role

You will be responsible for providing chair side support in all day-to-day activities within the practice and surgeries. You will play an important role in ensuring the delivery of excellent patient care while complying with all clinical and health & safety guidance.

Other duties include:

1. Creating a welcoming environment for patients that sets them at ease from the outset.
2. Maximising the use of the internal system (Software of Excellence) to ensure accurate patient records are maintained.
3. Ensuring the surgery is set up appropriately for each session throughout the day to maximise the efficiency of the practice and surgery utilisation.
4. Anticipating the requirements of the clinician and patient in advance of their session and ensure necessary lab work and equipment is in place.
5. Monitoring surgery stocks to ensure that appropriate stock levels are maintained.
6. Undertaking reception duties when required including answering the telephone, making appointments and collecting patient charges.

About You

• Must be GDC registered.
• Must have experience working in Private / NHS practices.
• Willing to demonstrate the highest levels of patient care.
• The ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Enthusiastic, with an appetite to learn and develop new skills.

Benefits

We know that in order to attract and retain the best talent, we must always look at ways in which we can keep our colleagues smiling. Here are some of our benefits and perks:

• Competitive pay scale and package.
• Career progression opportunities within the group.
• Referral bonus.
• Company paid GDC fee.
• Professional Development – access to online training and educational assistance.
• Wellbeing initiatives.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies.
• ‘You Days’ - a day off for moving house or getting married.
• Birthday day off.
• Service holiday days.
• Optical care.
• Discounted dental treatment.
• Free parking surrounding the practice.

Goldenacre Dental Practice – Part of Clyde Munro Group

Here at Clyde Munro, we celebrate the individuality and personality of each practice while providing the benefits, perks, support, and structure of working within a wider group. Although each practice has its own unique culture and working environment, we all work together towards the same goal – providing the best patient care.

We have ambitious plans for growth – not only for our business, but also for the people within the Clyde Munro family. We are extremely passionate about developing our staff and pride ourselves on our commitment to support career progression within the group.