Welcome to the South West Dental Nurse Training Centre offering the National
Certificate in Dental Nursing. The course is provided to students in areas such as Avon, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Berkshire and the surrounding area. All your learning needs will be met at The
Dental Implant Clinic, a specialist implant practice located on Newbridge
Road in Bath, where all lectures will take place. There is a conference
room accommodating up to 20 students, plus access to the surgeries for practical
teaching sessions with a variety of instruments to enable students to prepare
for the spotter test. Parking is available to all students at no charge.
The centre has a view in the future to offer other lectures for dental care
professionals to contribute towards their CPD requirements.
Directions to the centre...
The National Certificate
is one of the qualifications approved by the General Dental Council (GDC)
for statutory registration which became mandatory for all dental nurses
from 31st July 2008. Under the GDC regulations, unqualified dental nurses
may only work under supervision as trainees provided they are enrolled on
a theoretical training course at an approved training centre. Therefore
this course has become highly demanded and very rewarding. In order to be
awarded the qualification, a candidate must complete the equivalent of twenty-four
months full-time employment as a dental nurse in addition to passing the
National Certificate Examination. Exams are held in May and November. The exam...
The course is run by Pfidzai Esther Nenzou, RDN, LLB Hons Law, BTEC PTTLLS.
'My name is Pfidzai Esther Nenzou and I qualified
as a dental nurse in February 2001. I have also recently completed my LLB
Hons in Law degree. I have found dental nursing rewarding and have worked
in various settings hence increasing my knowledge and improving my expertise.
I have worked for Boots, Ministry of Defence, The Dental Implant Clinic
and other private practices to mention just a few. I have all round experience
in practice management, reception, forensic dental nursing, implant nursing,
orthodontic nursing as well as Endodontic nursing and have worked in all
these disciplines. Over the years as a DCP I have trained several new staff
members at various practices and believe that my standards are consistently
high.
Things have changed for the better for dental nurses following the
need to now be registered and this has seen the course becoming more in
demand. It also gives the dental nurse more roles to perform such as taking
impressions , suture removal etc. There are also several other post certification
courses which you can do as a nurse to increase your role including sedation,
oral health education, radiography, implant nursing and orthodontic nursing.
Dental nurses can also proceed to train as dental hygienists. The opportunities
are now endless and career progression prospects are now very good.'
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