Dental Nurse (Part-Time)

Clyde Munro Dental Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local dental clinic in Edinburgh is seeking a part-time Dental Nurse to join their team. The role involves providing chair side support, ensuring excellent patient care, and keeping accurate records. Candidates must be GDC registered and should demonstrate high levels of patient care. The practice offers competitive pay, training opportunities, and various benefits such as referral bonuses and days off for significant personal events. Join a supportive and growing team in a warm environment.

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

‘You Days’ for significant personal events

Birthday day off

Service holidays

Optical care

Discounted dental treatments

Qualifications

• GDC registration is a must.
• Experience in private dental practice preferred.
• Implant experience is a plus, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide chair side support in day-to-day activities.
• Ensure accurate patient records are maintained.
• Set up surgeries appropriately before sessions.
• Monitor surgery stocks and maintain levels.
• Undertake reception duties as required.

Skills

GDC registered

Patient care

Teamwork

Initiative

Enthusiasm for learning

Tools

Software of Excellence

Job description

Join our Team!

We have an exciting opportunity for a part‑time Dental Nurse to join our team at Smileplus Dental Care.

Smileplus Dental Care is a private dental clinic located in the Corstophine area of Edinburgh. We are in a fantastic location with parking outside the practice. We are a great team and pride ourselves on our warm, caring environment. We are pleased to offer a full range of general dental care for the whole family, as well as adult tooth straightening, dental implants, cosmetic dentistry and facial aesthetic treatments.

We’re big sports fans at SmilePlus Dental and proud to be Official Dentists to the Scotland Rugby team, as well as expert producers of custom‑made mouthguards in our own on‑site laboratory. We also provide dental care for international athletes and boxers, and have provided mouthguards for many Olympians and Commonwealth Games athletes.

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:

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

About You

• Must be GDC registered
• Experience working in Private is preferred but not essential
• Implant experience preferred but not essential
• 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
• Optical care
• Discounted dental treatments

Smileplus Dental Care – 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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