Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant/EDDA
We are a growing, patient centered, privately owned single doctor practice looking for a motivated dental assistant to join our awesome team!
The ideal candidate has experience (EDDA bonus), is energetic, is comfortable with direct patient care, has ordering experience, maintaining equipment, etc.
We are looking for a full-time assistant , 4 days a week Monday-Thursday
Pay negotiable based on experience and skills

Responsibilities include:
-Welcome patients in the dental office, health history screening, etc
-Prepare patients for treatment
-Set up operatory for treatment, instruments, equipment and materials
-Assist the dentist chairside
-Sterilization
-Provide post-operative care instructions
-Cleaning and stocking rooms
-Schedule appointments
-Maintain accurate patient records and assist the admin team when needed

Skills

-Proven experience as dental assistant
-Good Chairside
-Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
-Understanding of health & safety regulations
-Make impressions, pour models, bite registration, etc
-Fabricate provisional crowns
-Ability to perform regulated non-surgical tasks like coronal polishing is a major plus
-Good computer skills
-Excellent communication and people skills
-Attention to detail
-Well-organized and reliable
-Monitoring and tracking lab cases
-High school diploma; graduating from dental assistant school is preferred
-Additional certification or training is an asset (e.g. EDDA)
-CBCT and PrimeScan knowledge is a plus
-Familiarity with OpenDental and Dexis is helpful

Pay Range - $27-$31 an hour

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $27.00 - $31.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Employee discount

Experience:

• Dental assisting: 3 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• X-Ray Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Patient room cleaning • Fabrication • Computer operation • Direct patient care • Customer communication • Dental office • Dental assisting • Dental care patient counseling • Preparing dental treatment areas • Pre-examination patient preparation • Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) • Dental receptionist • Computer literacy • Safety regulations • Service scheduling • Greeting customers • Full-time • Greeting dental patients • Assisting medical staff • Mid-level • High school diploma or GED • X-Ray Certification • Preparing medical treatment area • 401(k) • Chairside coronal polishing • Patient history taking • Attention to detail • Dental x-ray • Perioperative Care • Dental impressions • Health record tracking • Dental equipment • Four handed dentistry • Stocking • Computer skills • Dental Assisting • In-person • Employee discount • Medical post-procedure instructions • Patient education • EFDA Certification • Managing patient records • Polishing • Communication skills • Post-operative care • Open Dental • Surgical instrument sterilization and handling