What are the responsibilities and job description for the Orthodontic Lab Technician- Part time position at Specialty Dental Brands-UT?
Description
Who we are: We are a top rated Orthodontic Office in Springville Utah.
Our Mission: We strive to be the best part of our patients’ day, creating beautiful smiles, and lasting relationships in a caring way with excellent service, state of the art orthodontic treatment and beautiful results.
Qualities we are looking for: Are you the type of person that people remember because you care and make a lasting impression? We need someone who shares the passion, vision and values of our Practice. Are you positive with high energy and someone we can count on every day? If you enjoy working with a Team who is positive and upbeat and delivers excellent patient care in a professional environment, this may be what you are looking for in a job.
Job Description and duties This position is primarily working in our lab (which is a solo job, not interacting with patients) but we would like to train this person to help in the clinical bay in the afternoons so they need to be an on the ball, high energy, friendly person who is always looking for more to do. When they are acting as floater they won’t have a ton of direction and need to be able to keep themselves busy by finding jobs needing done.
Duties include but not limited to:
· Melts metals or mixes plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes, and pours materials into molds.
· Creates a model of patient’s mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
· Sterilize and disinfect dental instruments properly: must remove all organic and inorganic materials from dental instruments before sterilization process.
· Responsible for notifying the Lead Dental Assistant of materials that are running low and need replacement or re-stocking.
· Assist in daily and monthly maintenance of all equipment.
· Maintain regular attendance and adhere to assigned work schedules and office policies.
· Must excel in forward thinking in order to anticipate the needs of the patient and our dental team.
· Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned by management.
The Most Qualified Candidates will have:
- Experience in orthodontics. Willing to train the right person!
