Job Overview
Join our dynamic dental team as a Dental Assistant, where your energetic and motivated approach will help deliver exceptional patient care and streamline clinical operations. In this vital role, you will support dentists in providing comprehensive dental treatments, ensuring a smooth workflow within a fast-paced, friendly environment. Your expertise in dental procedures, patient communication, and clinic management will contribute to creating a positive experience for every patient. This paid position offers the opportunity to develop your skills in a collaborative setting while making a meaningful difference in patients’ oral health.
Responsibilities
- Clinical Support: Assist the dentist chairside during procedures (e.g., fillings, crowns, extractions) by passing instruments, managing suction, and anticipating the provider's needs.
- Patient Care: Greet and seat patients, review medical histories, record vital signs, and provide post-operative instructions or oral hygiene education. Act as a friendly guide for patients throughout their visit, using a positive attitude to create a welcoming and stress-free environment.
- Team Collaboration: Maintain a helpful and enthusiastic demeanor with colleagues to ensure a harmonious, supportive workplace.
- Sterilization & Maintenance: Clean and sterilize dental instruments and treatment rooms according to OSHA and infection control protocols.
- Diagnostic Tasks: Take and process dental X-rays (radiographs) and create impressions or scans of teeth for models.
- Administrative Duties: Schedule appointments, update digital patient records using dental software (e.g., Dentrix), manage inventory, and assist with billing or insurance forms.
- Laboratory Work: Perform lab tasks such as pouring models and fabricating temporary restorations.
- Physical demands: Requires long periods of standing and bending.
Pay: $12.00 - $15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Uniform allowance
Work Location: In person
