Dental Assistant

Overview

Join our dental care team as a Dental Assistant and help patients feel informed, comfortable, and supported throughout their visits. You’ll prepare treatment areas, assist clinicians during procedures, and keep accurate records while following infection prevention and clinical confidentiality policies.

Your impact: By supporting safe, organized care, you help patients and clinicians focus on effective treatment.

Duties

• Provide chairside assisting and four-handed dentistry support during general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, endodontics, and oral surgery procedures.
• Prepare and maintain dental equipment, instruments, and treatment rooms; complete dental instrument processing, sterilization, and infection control using aseptic technique.
• Take dental X-rays and support medical imaging, including use of a 3D scanner, as directed and within applicable requirements.
• Record vital signs, update medical records, and complete medical documentation using EMR systems and patient management software.
• Support patient care and management, including dental receptionist tasks such as scheduling and helping patients understand visit procedures.

Skills

• Essential: Dental assisting or dental clinic experience; knowledge of dental and medical terminology, anatomy, and patient care.
• Essential: Understanding of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), clinical confidentiality policies, infection prevention management, healthcare infection prevention and control, and dental sterilization procedures.
• Preferred: Experience with Eaglesoft, Dentrix, or other EMR systems and patient management software.
• Preferred: Experience with dental X-ray, medical imaging, and 3D scanners.
• Preferred: Familiarity with general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, endodontics, and oral surgery.

Pay: $22.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 30.0 per week

Work Location: In person

Patient comfort • Diagnostic imaging equipment • Patient scheduling systems • Anatomy knowledge • Dental office • Vital signs • Management • Prosthodontics • Surgery • Part-time • Preparing dental treatment areas • Image acquisition for patient care • Dental receptionist • In-person customer service • Oral surgery assistance experience • Practice management software • HIPAA • Care documentation • Clinic experience • Imaging studies • Healthcare infection prevention and control expertise • Medical scheduling • Preparing medical treatment area • Dental terminology • Disinfection procedures • Endodontics • Dentrix • Eaglesoft • Intraoral scanners • Pediatrics • Health information regulatory compliance • Health record tracking • Dental equipment • Digital dental impression taking • Four handed dentistry • Operating medical imaging equipment • Medical assisting • In-person • Clinical confidentiality policies • Pediatric dentistry • Patient education • Managing patient records • Radiology • Entry level • Surgical instrument sterilization and handling