Anyone else a dental nurse?

I've been dental nursing for the last 7 1/2 years,i registered as also now legal requirement with the GDC in 2006. I have been at the same practice for last 6 years,and am now looking to stay within similar work but also maybe branch out to somewhere that is bigger and extra skills and experience that could be gained,or am open to taking on other medical posts of course depending on requirements,and extra training that may be necessary. I am also wanting to move on as money is not great where i work,taken years to get up a few pence,but am greatful for job with current times as they are! However i am fed up of looking on the jobcentre site or other better sites and places,and seing these jobs going where they are still not stipulating that you will need to be registered,some are still prepared to take you with no experience,just a way round of being able to pay you less i reckon,and then all these jobs where they ask for registration and experience,but all these crappy salaries 17,19,21 thousand a year,are we not worth morew than that,if the dentist really can't afford it then that means he should be looking at his business,ans those that can are just bloody stingey,as all credit to them they studied long and hard for there money,but they just want the share for themselves,and pay you the wage of a office junior. After all without demoting ourselves to them,i'm sorry but we can't all do the same professions in life,and not that they'd care but if we had then they wouldn't have a nurse,and by law and there need also they are supposed to have a full time dental nurse at all times,so if we weren't there they'd be in trouble,ok just the same as one dentist told me,that we would be in if they weren't there,and i said yeah but your not moaning about your salary because your ok on that score. Anyone else suffereing this or fed up,i say that they have to be pushed to pay more,and if they are full or part nhs thenb the government should be doing more ,and especially the hospitals that employ dental staff alike,21/24 thousand to work in a busy hospital all day and job description and requirements as long as your arms,you should be ashamed of yourselves,i know hospitals have to fund things adequately,but aside form that i'm sorry the money is going to the top people,maybe they should take a little pay reduction. We now as dental nurses have registration fees to pay,and have to undertake cpd every five tears just to keep our jobs,some of this will be gained by going on courses which are not cheap either. Don't get me worng ok through one reason and another we all end up doing different things in life,and you don't have to do the job your in,but i enjoy it and i consider myself as someone who is important like all other dental nurses we are contributing to the care of many patients,and asa i said i enjoy it,what would be better me scrounging off the governement and expecting the council to help me out,and claim benefits,no i don't think so we've got enough of that going on at the moment here and always have done. I'm just asking for us to be given a bit more,and maybe subsidised a bit more for things,and of course more should go to the nurses who have more experience and qualifications/skills.
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OK, I live in Scotland so this may not apply to you I work alongside ~Oral Health Action Teams who are based in areas across the city, who support children and their families They work with toddler groups, playgroups and nurseries and families in general who need support to attend a dentist they work with ante natal teams, weaning fayre and various other support groups to families with young children All of the Oral health promoters,oral health educators and most of dental health support workers have been dental nurses before Maybe look at your local health boards job vacancies, and see if you can get into Oral Health Promotion They all earn in excess of 22K upwards ,depending on service etc and gain further CPD as they progress
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