Dental Nurse Jobs

Key skills

- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work in a team environment
- Good manual dexterity
- Ability to organise and manage a varied workload
- Excellent telephone manner
- Experienced in the use of R4 and Arthur dental IT software packages

Education and qualifications

2003-2004 Epping Forest College
National Certificate in Dental Nursing

Employment history

October 2007- Date
Dental Nurse/receptionist at ** Dental Practice

Responsibilities of the role include:

- Assisting various dentists in the dental surgery
- Recording patient notes and charting by hand, when required
- Maintaining hygiene standards in the practice
- Ensuring cross infection control procedures are followed
- Orthodontic nursing
- Reception duties:
- updating appointment diary (computer and paper)
- handling patient enquiries
- filing of daily paperwork
- Maintaining patient confidentiality
- Using customised IT package R4 and Arthur
- generating appointment reminders for the hygienist

June 2000-September 2006
Dental nurse/receptionist at **** Dental Practice

Responsibilities of the role included all of the above, as well as:

- Management of dental supplies
- Weekly banking

Reception duties as above.