An exceptional person is needed to join our team! This position will be a hybrid position to start. You will first master sterilization and then after 60-90 days, if you are ready, we will start having you learn chairside assisting. Your roles will include sterilization, flipping rooms, assisting hygiene, assisting dentist, answering phone calls and more. If you feel bored and unappreciated with your current job and you think you have what it takes to be a valuable team player, we'd love to meet you! Our dental office is looking for someone who is:
1. Willing to go above and beyond to provide a fantastic patient experience
2. Willing to learn, be open to change and adapt daily
3. Willing to work in a fast paced environment
4. Willing to work in a close knit office that has each others' backs
If this sounds like you we'd love to have you apply!
Position Summary
Dental assistants work collaboratively with the dental team to make quality patient care a priority. Dental assistants greet and prepare dental patients for care, assist dentists in a positive manner while administering care, and maintain instruments and supplies. Dental assistants also perform basic and moderately complex dental procedures. Dental assistants interact with patients to provide information about products and services, and handle and resolve patient concerns with enthusiasm and empathy.
Desired Characteristics
- Exceptional customer service skills
- Excellent oral and written communication/documentation skills
- Relate to a wide variety of people
- Work well with others
- Reliable/Dependable
- Ability to anticipate and work at a steady pace
- Good hand/eye coordination
- Manual dexterity and precision
- Computer skills
- Confident
- Ability to receive constructive criticism
- Willingness to advance skills through continuing education opportunities
Requirements
CPR certification
Essential Functions
- Greet and prepare patients for treatment in a timely, delightful, enthusiastic and professional way
- Perform accurate oral health assessments that include, but are not limited to: review of patient’s health history and taking and recording of blood pressure and reporting findings to dentist
- Assist the dentist chairside in four-handed dentistry practice
- Sterilize and prepare instruments
- Prepare proper tray setups prior to dental procedures
- Disinfect and prepare treatment room
- Take high quality dental impression, pour and trim model
- Make temporary crowns
- Take and mount quality x-rays
- Update patient charts and thoroughly document as needed
- Schedule patient appointments in an efficient manner to maximize provider’s schedule
- Assist patient with any follow-up regarding treatment, treatment planning, estimates, and payment
- Provide treatment plan to patient
- Present consent form to patient
- Answer treatment questions posed by patients
- Educate patients about their oral health
- Handle patient concerns in a friendly, professional way
- Ensure patient comfort
- Review schedules for accuracy and productivity
- Confirm patient appointments
- Send out recall cards
- Prepare and document referral information
- Document and maintain files and financial records, observing absolute confidentiality
- Call in/ Print/ Document any patient prescriptions
- Adhere to OSHA guidelines
- Adhere to CDC guidelines
- Equipment maintenance
- Inventory and order clinical supplies
- Maintain neat and clean clinical area (dust/ wipe everything in room weekly)
- Keep room stocked in case of a schedule change
- Respect coworkers
- Adhere to HIPAA privacy policy
- Follow all Standard Operating Procedures
- Be an advocate for Humlicek Family Dental
- Be at work on time as scheduled, team meeting at 7:45am
- Attend and contribute to daily huddles and monthly meetings
- Call overdue or future recall patients to fill schedule when there is a cancellation
- Help with payment, check in/out and insurance benefits when time allows
- Answer all possible phone calls during regular business hours
- Other related duties as assigned
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $12.00 - $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Continuing education credits
- Employee discount
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Retirement plan
Application Question(s):
- Why are you interested in this position?
Experience:
- Dental : 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Nitrous Oxide Certification (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
