Are you an experienced dental assistant with a commitment to positive patient experiences? If so, we’d love to talk with you. Our busy dental practice is growing, and we need someone who can provide high-quality dental support to our dentist. Our ideal candidate has 2 or more years of dental assisting experience, a current DA/EDDA certification, and excellent patient care, organization, and communication skills. If this sounds like a position you’ll thrive in, we invite you to apply today.
We offer benefits to all full-time team members after the intro period, including:
- Medical insurance
- Dental benefits
- Voluntary life, vision, and disability insurance
- 401k with company match
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay
- Bonus opportunities!
Responsibilities
- Seat and prepare patient for care
- Prepare room, equipment and instruments
- Take vital signs and update medical history as needed
- Explain scheduled treatment, obtain consent forms, and deliver post-op instructions
- Inventory, ordering and stocking
- Radiographs and intraoral imaging, including annual inspections
- Chair-side assisting, including suctioning & 4-handed dentistry
- Nitrous administration and monitoring
- Charting and note-taking
- Proper maintenance of equipment, biohazards, sterilizers, amalgam separators, waterlines, and handpieces
- Ensuring patient comfort throughout the procedure or examination
- Provide post-op and home care instructions for patients
- Specialty referrals and prescription care
- Manage lab cases
- Inventory, ordering and stocking
- Provide exceptional patient care and help the team stay on time
- Ensure all dental office infection control policies and safety regulations are met by disinfecting and sterilizing all equipment and instruments after use
