What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant position at New You Dental Center?
Job description
Seeking an experienced Dental Assistant to be part of the team. Must be ambitious and have a professional and pleasant demeanor to help provide quality and caring dental care to our patients.
Clinical tasks
- Preparing patients and disinfecting treatment areas for procedures
- Capturing digital X-rays
- Receiving lab cases and sending them out to the lab for processing
- Assisting chairside with procedures like fillings, crowns, and extractions
- Sterilizing dental instruments
- Post-procedure clean-up
- Keeping accurate records of dental treatments in practice management software
- Ensuring patients are comfortable in the dental chair
- Helping patients feel comfortable
- Ensuring patients' questions are answered thoroughly
- Treatment room management
- Keeping dental units ready, stocked, and clean
- Overseeing cleanliness of the treatment room
Administrative tasks
- Scheduling and confirming appointments
- Checking in patients
- Answering the phone
- Working with patients on billing and payment
- Sending out reminder cards to patients
- Coding insurance bills
- Processing invoices and payments
- Working on recall appointments
Must be well-organized, detail-oriented, and have strong communication skills to ensure a smooth schedule and work flow.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 35 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20
