Senior Dental Nurse- Mentor

Senior Dental Nurse – Mentor | Riverdale Healthcare

Location:Lion House Dental Practice, Richmond DL10 4AB
Hours: Mon- Friday - 40 hours
Salary:from £15.00 per hour

Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Dental Nursing Career?

Are you an experienced Dental Nurse with at least 3 years' experience and a genuine passion for helping others learn, grow and achieve their qualifications?

At Riverdale Healthcare, we’re offering a fantastic opportunity to step into a unique and rewarding role, combining your dental nursing experience with the chance to mentor and develop the next generation of Dental Nurses.

As our Senior Dental Nurse – Mentor, you’ll support up our practice Apprentice Dental Nurses throughout their qualification journey, sharing your knowledge, building their confidence and helping them achieve their career goals.

You don't need to have been a Senior Dental Nurse or a formal mentor before! We’re looking for someone with the right experience, enthusiasm and genuine desire to help others succeed.

If you love dental nursing but are ready for something a little different, this could be the perfect next step for you!

What's the Role All About?

As our Senior Dental Nurse – Mentor, you’ll be more than just an experienced Dental Nurse. You’ll be a coach, a mentor, a role model and someone our apprentices can turn to for support.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Mentoring and supporting Apprentice Dental Nurses throughout their apprenticeship programmes.
• Coaching and developing apprentices, helping them build their clinical knowledge, practical skills and professional confidence.
• Providing regular guidance and feedback, celebrating achievements and identifying opportunities for further development.
• Working closely with training providers and Practice Managerto monitor progress
• Creating a positive learning environment where apprentices feel comfortable asking questions, learning from experience and developing their abilities.
• Supporting individual learning needs, adapting your mentoring approach to help every apprentice reach their potential.
• Leading by example, demonstrating excellent patient care, clinical standards and professional behaviour, and fostering an excellent working culture embedding the Riverdale values.
• Supporting clinical teams, maintaining high standards of infection prevention, compliance and patient care.
• Identifying additional support needs and working collaboratively to help apprentices overcome challenges.
• Continuing to provide dental assistance-Alongside your mentor role, you will continue to provide dental asssitant to the clincians within the practice.

What's in it for you (in addition to the \"norm\" salary, Annual leave, EPA)....

We believe looking after our people means more than just a payslip. From your career and wellbeing to your family, finances and even your four-legged friends, we've got some pretty impressive perks waiting for you.

Here’s what you can look forward to at Riverdale Healthcare:

• Quarterly Values Awards – Do you live and breathe our values? You could be nominated to win a certificate and gift card, plus annual recognition and celebrations.
• A voice that matters – Our Employee Voice Forum gives colleagues the opportunity to share ideas, provide feedback and have their voices represented.
• Real career pathways – Opportunities to develop your leadership, mentoring and specialist clinical skills, with future career progression opportunities.
• Annual leave – 21 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Quarterly bonus – Linked to performance.
• Additional leave for long service
• Free uniform
• GDC registration
• Learning & development – Access to free CPD and opportunities to continue developing your skills.
• Blue Light Card Eliability
• Refer-a-Friend rewards up to £5,000
• Charity match initiatives
• 24/7 Private GP access – Unlimited access to a private GP for you and all family members registered at your home address.
• Digital psychotherapy services – Access to Phio's digital psychotherapy support for you and your family.
• Free online eye screening
• Menopause health & support
• Fuel savings – Save 3p per litre on petrol and diesel at Shell.
• Complimentary will-writing support
• Free financial wellbeing support
• Pet health support – FREE 365-day support for your dog or cat, including up to six telephone or video consultations each year.
• Online & high street discounts
• Cashback with JamDoughnut
• Discounted cinema tickets
• FREE 12-month Vehicle Accident Recovery

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a GDC-registered Dental Nurse with a minimum of 3 years' experience who is ready to take the next step in their career.

You don't need previous experience as a Senior Dental Nurse or a formal mentoring qualification. What matters most is your passion for supporting others and your willingness to share your knowledge and experience.

You’ll be someone who:

• Has at least 3 years' experience working as a qualified Dental Nurse.
• Has a genuine passion for helping Apprentice Dental Nurses achieve their qualifications.
• Can confidently balance clinical responsibilities with mentoring commitments.
• Takes pride in delivering excellent patient care and maintaining high clinical standards.
• Can build positive relationships with apprentices, Practice Managers and training providers.

Previous experience supporting apprentices, coaching colleagues or working with training providers would be an advantage, but isn't essential.

Above all, you'll be someone who genuinely wants to make a difference and shares our values:

Do the Right Thing | Be the Best We Can Be | Support Each Other

Interested?

Our simple recruitment process:

• Application
• Friendly 10-minute phone call with our Riverdale recruitment expert
• Practice interview
• Contract and onboarding
• Your first day!

We welcome requests for reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and will be happy to discuss how we can support you.

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