This year, we hear from one of our nurses about some the reasons why she thinks PortmanDentex is a great place to work, with a particular focus on how we’ve helped her progress in her dental career.
“I started off as a receptionist five years ago, and now I'm a dental nurse. I'm not the only one either – four other people in my team started off as receptionists and they're all now nurses too. I've worked for the same practice for the whole my dental career and wouldn't work anywhere else – I absolutely love my team and the practice I work in. I've only been a dental nurse for just over three years, but I feel like I have progressed so much in that time. I'm always being encouraged to learn more and that's what keeps me going. I need to have something to look to, otherwise I'll get bored and there's no chance of that here. Since I qualified as a dental nurse, PortmanDentex have paid for me to do my six-month radiography qualification so I'm able to take patient x-rays, which essentially frees up time for our dentists. I've also been on lots of knowledge-building courses including, dental implants, digital scanning, sedation, impression taking and suture removals. I'd like to go back to university to become a hygienist, but to be honest I love it here so much I don't want to leave! There's lots of opportunities to move in to other roles here too. I could become a head nurse, treatment coordinator and even a practice manager if I wanted to. Looking to the future, I'm looking forward to becoming a specialist dental nurse once I've got my sedation qualification.”
