Lead Dental Nurse

Clyde Munro Dental Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking dental practice as a Lead Dental Nurse, where you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care. This position offers the opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards while managing daily practice operations. Enjoy a range of benefits, including competitive pay, career progression opportunities, and unique perks like 'You Days' for personal milestones. Be part of a passionate team dedicated to providing the best dental care while fostering your professional growth.

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 as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide chairside support and oversee daily activities of practice surgeries.
• Manage clinical compliance and ensure excellent patient care.

Skills

GDC Registration

Patient Care

Teamwork

Initiative

Education

Dental Nursing Qualification

Job description

Join our Team!

We are excited to be recruiting a full-time qualified Lead Dental Nurse to join our friendly and welcoming team at Earl Grey Dental.

Situated on Earl Grey Street, the practice is just a short walk from Haymarket Station and easily accessible with public transport. You will be joining the team at an exciting time and will have fantastic opportunities to develop your skillset and progress your career.

Your Role

You will be responsible for providing chairside support and overseeing the day-to-day activities of the practice surgeries, ensuring the delivery of excellent patient care. You will play an important role in managing clinical and cross-contamination compliance and Health & Safety measures.

Other duties include:

• Creating a welcoming environment for patients that sets them at ease from the outset
• Ensuring all elements of the patient journey are delivered consistently and to a high standard within the practice
• Taking a proactive approach to patient feedback and acting upon suggestions for improvement
• Supporting the Practice Manager to effectively manage external lab work
• Ensuring efficient management and timely replenishment of stock
• Undertaking reception duties when required
• Acting within the General Dental Council’s (GDC) guidance on standards for the team and practice
• Supporting Associates by providing a professional chairside service as necessary
• Providing training and support to colleagues when required

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
• 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 holidays
• Discounted dental treatments
• Optical care

Earl Grey Dental – 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.

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