What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant (Clinic) position at Tandym Group?
A healthcare network in New York City is looking to fill an immediate need at one of their Brooklyn facilities with the addition of a new Dental Assistant
About the Opportunity:
- Start Date: ASAP
- Department: Dental Clinic
- Schedule: Monday to Friday
- Hours: 9am to 5pm (35 hours/week - 1 hour lunch)
Responsibilities:
The Dental Assistant:
- Sterilizes and disinfects instruments as per established infection control policies. Maintains quality controls of sterilizers.
- Takes, exposes, develops and mounts x-rays; performs darkroom duties (e.g., checks temperature of solutions, changes x-ray solution, follows preventive maintenance procedures on darkroom equipment; keeps darkroom clean). Checks image for quality before giving x-rays to dentist.
- Mixes modeling compound to proper consistency and pours models and performs quality check on completed model; wraps and bags models and sends to outside dental laboratory; keeps records of models sent and returned.
- Prepares operatories for patients at start of day and between patients (e.g., cleans dental chair, sterilizes instruments; sets out necessary equipment and supplies for next visit).
- Checks daily that equipment is functional and performs basic maintenance (e.g., lubricates equipment, cleans evacuation systems); reports malfunctioning equipment promptly to Administrative Assistant.
- Checks the O2 and N2O tanks weekly to assure they are adequately charged and documents appropriately; notifies Director if charges are low.
- Seats and prepares patients (e.g., attaches bib); helps to calm patient fears and anxieties.
- 2 years of Dental Assistant Experience working in a Dental Office or Hospital Clinic
- High School graduation or equivalent plus completion of an approved Dental Assistant training program
- Computer savvy
- Great interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong attention to detail; Excellent data entry skills
- High standard of accuracy
- Highly organized
Desired Skills:
- Bilingual Spanish
