School Partnership Programmes
Course overview
This course will provide the foundation knowledge, employability skills and expertise to enable you to gain employment as a student dental nurse within a variety of dental settings.
You will attend the Coatbridge Campus for one day per week and will gain ‘hand’s on’ experience via simulated learning within state-of-the art clinical teaching rooms. The theory which underpins the role of a student dental nurse will also be delivered at the campus and this consists of specialist modules which are continually assessed.
What you will learn
Entry requirements
Three National 5s or equivalent, one of which should be English (A-C).
Progression
Modern apprenticeship employment opportunities as a student dental nurse plus articulation onto the HNC in Dental Care at New College Lanarkshire.
Long term career prospects are as a dental practice manager, dental radiographer, health promotion officer or dental hygienist/dental therapist.
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