Dental Assistant - $20-$25/hour

We are hiring a Dental Assistant for our busy specialist dental practice. Dental Assistant will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms, keep material/office inventory, lab work, prepare patient correspondence. Position holder must maintain a positive attitude at all time, and a great level of patient care.

Main Job Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing patients for dental/prosthodontics work.
• Helping with infection control by sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures.
• Assisting Prosthodontics in managing medial and dental emergencies when necessary.
• Provide great patient care.
• Recording treatment information in patient records.
• Exposing dental x-rays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental x-ray equipment.
• Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs.
• Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the Prosthodontists.
• Caring for dental equipment.
• Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registration for mounting study casts.
• Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory.
• Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
• Identify patients’ needs and suggest appropriate dental/services.
• Able to prepare claim forms for dental insurance.
• Share Front Desk office attendant role.
• Help Front Desk attendant in making sure that all incoming calls are answer with an excellent courtesy and always scheduling services as soon as possible.
• Prepare patients correspondence.
• Show a great marketing approach.
  
  

Education and Experience

• Certification or associate degree in an accredited dental assistance program.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience using computers for a variety of tasks.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Work/Excel/Power Point
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Consistently professional appearance and attitude.
• Able to provide an exceptional / great patient care.
  
  

Key Competencies and Skills

• Excellent communication and negotiations skills
• Responsibility / Integrity
• Accuracy
• Initiative
• Good Public Relations approach
• Adaptability / Good Team Work
• Information collection and management
• Confidentiality
• Planning and organizing
• Good attendance (Daily present at the clinic)
• Excellent Customer Service Skills
  
  

Skills

• Cosmetic
• General Practice
• Oral Surgery
• Prosthodontics
• Dentures
• Cross-trained (Front/Back Office)
• Crown and Bridge Restorations
• Digital X-rays
• Dentrix
  
  

Benefits

• Dental
• PTO
• Bonuses
  
  

Compensation

• $20-$25/hour