Career Development

07 Mar Implants and how to do them

Posted at 11:07h in Articles by a Guest Writer, Best Practice Ideas, Career Development, Innovation, Training by Guest Authors

I completed my initial implant training a little while ago. However, it has still taken me more than 10-months to find three suitable patients to use as case studies. It's not the fault of (my)dentist - it's just the way...

26 Feb Life as a Locum

Posted at 14:20h in Articles by Cary Cray-Webb, Career Development, Training by Cary Cray-Webb

Cary worked as a locum dental nurse (alongside her work with Precision PR) from autumn 2018 to spring 2019. She left her job with BUPA during the spring of 2018 and spent most of the summer decorating the house and...

04 Dec Getting the best out of a recruitment consultant

Posted at 01:13h in Articles by Charlotte Taylor, Best Practice Ideas, Business, Career Development, Staff Retention by Charlotte

UK dentistry is currently experiencing a shortage of trained and qualified staff at all levels. So, whether you are hiring or trying to get hired, you'll probably speak to a recruitment consultant at some point. But what do they actually...

20 Aug Enhanced CPD and what it means to dental businesses

Posted at 07:00h in Best Practice Ideas, Career Development, Compliance, Staff Retention by Ben Baker

The new Enhanced CPD scheme came into operation for all dental care professionals on the 1st of August 2018. Enhanced CPD now affects everyone - whether at the end, or part way through, a CPD cycle....

photo - student dental nurses at Derby College

26 Jul Pearl Trains: Dental Nurse Apprentices, Derby College

Posted at 10:00h in Articles by Ben Baker, Best Practice Ideas, Career Development, Case study, Software, Training by Ben Baker

Following on from the articles by Cary Cray-Webb and Molly Sibson about nurse training and retention that we published in our blog, Ben (the managing director of Pearl), was invited by Molly's colleagues at Derby College to run a digital...

20 Feb Staff training and retention: why it matters

Posted at 11:00h in Articles by a Guest Writer, Articles by Cary Cray-Webb, Best Practice Ideas, Business, Career Development, Staff Retention, Training by Cary Cray-Webb

When we started writing our previous article, we thought it was going to be a quick summary of the qualification routes into dental nursing, and some ideas about further training. As we talked it through we realised that the topic...