Registered Dental Assistant (RDA)

Registered Dental Assistant
Maple Family Dental provides comprehensive family dentistry so that a family’s dental needs can be met all in one convenient location.

Maple Family Dental’s Core Purpose

Maple Family Dental exists to care about people, serve through dentistry, and influence the community.

CORE VALUES (unwavering and unchanging guide)

Honest: To tell the truth, with discretion, when representing MFD.

People Focused: We SEE people and do our best to impact their lives in a positive way.

Positive: Be an upbeat and cheerful teammate who is a joy to be around.

Reliable: We will do what we said we would do.

Safety: We strive for the safety of patients and staff.

Team Player: Be humble, thinking of other staff members and how we can help them succeed.

Value/Worth: We treat every person with dignity and respect because each is a VIP.

Core Focus

Education: Adding knowledge to the lives of our patients, community, and staff.

Experience: Each patient’s encounter to be a positive one, and that our staff would be experienced in the tasks performed.

Excellence: That everything we do, would be done with excellence.

Registered Dental Assistant Career Responsibilities

A Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) will exemplify the Core Mission and Values of Maple Family Dental and help us to make our Motto come to life: We Care About YOU…And Your Teeth. The RDA will provide the doctor with assistance in performing the procedures of treatment and to help our dental clinic serve our patients efficiently and compassionately. He/She will be friendly, outgoing and highly organized. An RDA needs to have excellent interpersonal skills as well as the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-energy environment. An RDA will help Create, Establish, and follow internal office protocols and procedures to ensure office efficiency.

The Doctor and team will aim to provide the RDA with all the support, training, supplies, and materials needed for them to be successful and ENJOY their career. The Doctor and team value good communication and the expertise that the Registered Dental Assistant has brought to the table.

Essential Functions (RDA):

• Daily turn on necessary systems for preparation of treatment (compression, lights, water, etc.)
• Set up treatment rooms and prep trays with appropriate instruments for each procedure.
• Seat patients.
• Wear gloves, mask, and protective eyewear.
• Take and display X-rays.
• Make the patient's visit as comfortable as possible.
• Instruct and educate patients about clinical procedures.
• Combine efficiency, productivity, and caring for patients in all actions.
• Assist in all dental procedures.
• Perform four-handed assisting skills and delegated expanded duties.
• Perform all expanded duties allowed by state law.
• Write/enter a complete description of the procedure in the patient's chart, with the initials and the date.
• Chart the treatment plan as the doctor calls out the recommendations.
• Confirm x-rays have been taken for all treatment recommended.
• Enter notes indicating reasons for recommended treatment, including specifics required by insurance companies.
• Explain as necessary planned dental treatment or procedures to the patient when questions are asked.
• Focus conversations with patients on the patient or on dentistry.
• Responsible for maximizing the production scheduled for the day by keeping a watch on the treatment plan to see that all possible work that has financial arrangements is completed that day.
• Responsible to keep the operatories on time so that the patients are seen on time. If running behind, the chairside will notify the receptionist who will in turn notify the next patient.
• Take impressions or scan.
• Pour up impressions in stone.
• Make temporaries.
• Coronal polish as necessary.
• Give post-operative instructions.
• Dismiss patients and complete their charts with services recorded for the day's treatment and information on next visit.
• Disinfect handpieces and operatories after each patient.
• Sterilize instruments and trays
• Clean impression trays.
• Maintain the X-ray and sterilization equipment.
• Coordinate and record lab cases (in and out).
• May help out in another section of the office during down time.
• Turn off systems at end of day
• Oil hand pieces (afternoon/evening).
• Empty trash.
• Straighten lab.
• Straighten sterilization room.
• Ensure completion of charts.
• Call patients after difficult treatment
• Review next day’s schedule for information that should be shared at the next morning huddle
• Stock operatories.
• Manage inventory control
• Order supplies.
• Put supplies away.
• Empty suction traps and run cleaner through suction weekly.
• Contribute to the office being HIPAA and OSHA Complaint

Non-Essential Functions:

• Contribute to team spirit
• Contribute to team meetings
• Assist team members in all areas of clinic
• Cross train in other areas of the practice
• General and non-specific cleaning of dental office
• Keeping Sidewalk clear of debris for patient safety

Schedule: Monday 8am-5pm; Tuesday-Thursdays 7-4pm; Occasional Fridays.

Pay: Competitive Starting wages and salary varies depending on experience.

Benefits: Full Time Regular employees who work on average at least 32 hours per week will be eligible to receive Benefits in accordance with Maple Family Dental’s Employee Handbook such as:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• 401(k) profit sharing
• Paid time off
• Team Profit Sharing
• Dental Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• Sick leave
• Dental Mission Trip
• PTO
• Continuing Education
• Scrubs Provided
• QSEHRA Insurance Reimbursement

Motto: We Care About YOU…And Your Teeth'
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Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24 – 32 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Cash balance pension plan
• Employee discount
• License reimbursement
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Profit sharing
• Uniform allowance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Registered Dental Assistant License (Required)
• X-Ray Certification (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $22 - $28