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Dental Nurses

Dental nurses prepare patients for, and assist with, dental examinations, prepare and sterilise instruments and maintain case records.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 8,518
£ 16,847
£ 26,710

New workers start around £8,518. Normal pay is £16,847 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £26,710.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 61,960 vacancies for this type of job

3.30%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Maintains records, processes and mounts x-ray films and undertakes reception duties.

  • Removes water and saliva from patient.

  • Assists with minor treatment, such as preparing materials for fillings.

  • Hands required equipment and medication to dentist during examination.

  • Prepares and sterilises instruments and follows guidelines to maintain sterile conditions within the surgery.

  • Prepares patient for examination.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Nursing

  • Surgery

  • Dentistry

  • Infection Control

  • Mental Health

  • Orthodontics

  • Dental Informatics

  • Radiography

  • Dental Care

  • Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Customer Service

  • Enthusiasm

  • Mathematics

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Detail Oriented

  • Patience

  • Administrative Functions

  • Management

  • Computer Literacy

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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