What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Hygiene Assistant - DA2 position at Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry?
Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry is looking for a Full Time Dental Assistant II for Assisted Hygiene at our Barclay location.
Hygiene Assistant Qualifications
To successfully perform the job responsibilities for the position of the Hygiene Assistant, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required but are not necessarily all inclusive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential requirements.
Requirements
Hygiene Assistant KEY COMPETENCIES
Benefits:
Hygiene Assistant Qualifications
To successfully perform the job responsibilities for the position of the Hygiene Assistant, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required but are not necessarily all inclusive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential requirements.
Requirements
Hygiene Assistant KEY COMPETENCIES
- Assists the hygienist in providing dental treatment
- Functions as a treatment coordinator and prepares and presents treatment plan to patients
- Schedules patient appointment to accommodate potential obstacles
- Maintains dental instruments, supplies and equipment
- Collects and records patient health histories
- Assists with patient management during dental procedures
- Completes Instrument cleaning & sterilization and post-op sanitization of treatment rooms
- Prepares dental materials and equipment as needed for the scheduled treatment
- Completes dental charting
- Is responsible for inventory supply and other ancillary duties
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure manuals, and written correspondence
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
