Full job description
Busy, fast paced dental office seeking full time help with direct patient care, Monday through Thursday 8-4pm. We are looking for a competent dental assistant who will make the dentist’s office more efficient and pleasant for patients. You’ll ensure excellent customer service and lift administrative and basic dental tasks off the dentist’s shoulders. Dental assistants should be well-organized with great attention to detail. You should be able to follow instructions and respect dental office regulations. We want you to be skilled in providing direct or indirect patient care and able to make office procedures as smooth as possible.
Responsibilities
- Welcome customers in the dental office
- Prepare customers for treatments or checkups ensuring their comfort
- Select and set up instruments, equipment and material needed
- Sterilize instruments according to regulations
- Assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry
- Undertake lab tasks as instructed
- Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
- Keep the dental room clean and well-stocked
- Schedule appointments
- Maintain accurate patient records and assist with payment procedures
- Editing and compiling photos on the computer
Qualifications
Our ideal candidate is someone with experience in dentistry or the health care industry, we will train the right person. Our ideal candidate is someone who is looking for more than a “clock in/clock out” work experience, who knows what excellence means and strives for it, and who has a real interest in bettering themselves. Qualities we consider “givens” are punctuality, honesty, former bosses with good things to say (we are gonna call them!) and an ability to pass a thorough background check.
- Proven experience as dental assistant
- Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
- Understanding of health & safety regulations
- Ability to perform regulated non-surgical tasks like coronal polishing is a plus
- Good computer skills
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Attention to detail
- Well-organized and reliable
- High school diploma; graduating from dental assistant school is preferred
- Additional certification or training is an asset (e.g. EFDA)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $15.00 – $20.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
