Jobs at Sunrose Consulting

Job Description

• Reporting to the Medical Director, you will give advice on oral health to patients and will also provide periodontal treatments and carry out routine restorative work.
• You will have clinical and health promotion responsibilities within the dental healthcare team.
• In addition, you will communicate effectively with patients to obtain and evaluate their dental history and diagnose the condition, carry out clinical examinations, perform routine treatments such as carrying out simple fillings and replacing temporary fillings or crowns, undertaking root service debridement, treating periodontal disease and placing pre-formed crowns on deciduous teeth (also referred to as primary or milk teeth).
• You will also scale and polish teeth.

Qualifications

• A graduate of Science or a Healthcare degree, you must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with patients in a calm and reassuring manner and to advise them on how to look after their teeth and gums.
• Candidates should possess a minimum of 1 year work experience.
• You must have effective listening and good motivational skills to educate patients to maintain healthy oral hygiene and a healthy diet.
• In addition, you must be able to demonstrate excellent manual dexterity and confidence in handling dental tools and equipment, ability to work well in a team as well as independently, an interest in helping and advising people to look after their teeth and gums.

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Job Description

• Reporting to the Medical Director, you will support the dentist in all aspects of patients' dental care
• You will help with reception work and could help any member of the dental team - dentists, clinical dental technicians/technologists, hygienists and therapists - treat patients of all ages
• You'll need to reassure people and put them at ease, while supporting the team in all aspects of patient care
• You will welcome patients and provide direct support with the treatment itself, taking responsibility for the decontamination of instruments, maintaining dental operating equipment, ensuring that all relevant materials and supplies are in place, looking after patient records - including making notes when the dentist is examining a patient, working closely with the dentist, responding quickly to requests and generally keeping the surgery ready for use
• You will also be responsible for ensuring high standards of cleanliness and control of infection.

Requirements

• A graduate of Dental Nursing, you must be happy to work as part of a team and willing to learn and understand the science behind dentistry
• Minimum of 2 years experience
• You'll be dealing with a broad range of people, each with their own characteristics and concerns, so you'll need to be tactful and friendly and able to offer advice and educate others
• You will often need to follow instructions from the dentist
• You must have good dexterity and good co-ordination and organisational skills, able to work under pressure, sensitive with good humour, understanding and supportive with nervous patients.