Staff Nurse
Sharq Dental Centre
Total years of experience :13 years, 11 Months
• Prepares treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols
• Prepares patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient.
• Provides instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area; positioning instruments for dentist’s access; suctioning; passing instruments.
• Provides diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies; pouring, trimming, and polishing study casts.
• Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining cpr certification, emergency drug and oxygen supply, and emergency telephone directory.
• Documents dental care services by charting in patient records.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Duties include:
• Performing general nursing care to patients;
• Preparing equipment and ensuring examination rooms are clean and stocked with
required supplies and materials;
• Greeting patients and preparing them for physician examination. Screening patients for
appropriate information and instructing them in collection of samples and tests;
• Aiding physician as required during treatment, examination and testing of patients;
• Administering prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing
standards;
• Updating physician's schedule books for meetings, OR Bookings, OPD Bookings and
other related appointment information;
• Maintaining and reviewing patient records, charts and other pertinent information;
• Maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Responding to telephone enquiries relating to patients, lab requests, x-rays, prescription
requests, etc.;
• Coordinating appointments for specialist referrals, x-rays lab testing, etc and conveying
pertinent instructions and information to the patient;
• Completing and co-coordinating encounter forms and day sheets.
• Collecting and sorting of mail;
• Requesting and transferring of patient records; and,