Dental Assistant

Knepper Dental is looking for a reliable, motivated, and competent dental assistant who will help to make our dental office more efficient and enjoyable for our patients. Your position will be to provide excellent customer service to patients and lift both administrative and basic dental tasks off the dentist’s shoulders. The applicant should be self-motivated and well-organized with great attention to detail. You should be able to follow instructions, be a team player, and respect dental office regulations. We want you to be skilled in providing quality patient care and be able to make office procedures run as smoothly as possible.

Responsibilities include:

• Welcoming patients into our dental office
• Preparing patients for treatment or checkups, ensuring their comfort
• Selecting and setting up instruments, equipment, and material needed
• Sterilizing instruments according to regulations
• Assisting the dentist through 4-handed dentistry
• Undertaking lab tasks as instructed
• Providing oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
• Keeping the dental rooms clean and well-stocked
• Maintaining an efficient and productive schedule
• Scheduling appointments, as needed
• Answering telephone, as needed
• Maintaining accurate patient records and assisting with payment procedures, as needed
• Managing office inventory/supplies

Skills

• Proven experience as dental assistant preferred, but will consider a recent graduate
• Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
• Understanding of health & safety regulations
• 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)
• X-ray certified in the state of PA (preferred)

Job Types:

• Part-time

Schedule:

• Negotiable - likely a 2-3 days. Our schedule is currently Monday to Thursday (7:30-5pm), Friday (7:30-1pm). So some combination of days.

Experience:

• Dental Assistant: 1 year (Preferred)

License:

• X-ray (Preferred)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Office supply management • Patient room cleaning • Patient comfort • Computer operation • Profit sharing • Customer communication • Phone answering • Dental office • Office activity coordination • Part-time • Dental care patient counseling • Preparing dental treatment areas • Interpersonal skills • Pre-examination patient preparation • Dental receptionist • Computer literacy • Safety regulations • Greeting customers • Full-time • Greeting dental patients • Assisting medical staff • Health insurance • Medical scheduling • High school diploma or GED • X-Ray Certification • Preparing medical treatment area • Dental insurance • 401(k) • Paid time off • Attention to detail • Dental x-ray • Office supply ordering • Dental equipment • Four handed dentistry • Stocking • Computer skills • Vision insurance • 401(k) matching • Dental Assisting • In-person • Employee discount • Patient charting • Medical post-procedure instructions • Patient education • EFDA Certification • Managing patient records • Communication skills • Entry level • Surgical instrument sterilization and handling • Office record organization