Apprentice Dental Nurse Review

by Dental Partners

Rating

7.5/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

I am an apprentice dental nurse, I assist the dentist chairside and help with admin duties like reception, auditing preperations and ensuring the practice stays clean.

10/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

I was completely new to dentistry so I everything was new to me, like the skills needed.

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

It is very long and time consuming but I enjoy my place of work.

8/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

not the best, I have had 3 different assessors and have only had one observation when I shouldve had 3 by now.

4/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

My employer is really good support wise, I am able to get enough time off when needed.

7/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

Not the most but the assessor I have now seems to help when I ask.

6/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

It really helps because a lot of the knowledge I have developed came from the teaching plans.

8/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

every so often courses come up that I can do but mostly will have to wait until I am properly qualified.

7/10

9a. Would you recommend Dental Partners to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

They are supportive and mostly friendly

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Dental Partners?

dont stress