Seeking Dental Assistant

The ideal candidate should be reliable, have a positive attitude, posses good communication skills and enjoy working as a team in order to ensure the office and provider's day runs smoothly. Good interpersonal skills to maintain effective rapport with patients, dentists, and other staff members.

Benefits:

• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off

We are seeking a full time Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) to support our office Monday thru Friday.  The ideal candidate should be reliable, have a positive attitude, posses good communication skills and enjoy working as a team in order to ensure the office and provider's day runs smoothly.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Responsible for assisting the dentist in the clinical treatment of patients 
•  Set up treatment rooms for procedures 
•  Great and escort patients to treatment room 
•  Show care and concern, help patients feel comfortable and ensure patients are always attended to
•  Obtain and review health histories according to office protocol 
•  Anticipate and assist dentist’s needs 
•  Perform RDA functions and other tasks as assigned by the dentist
•  Ensure proper treatment notes are recorded in patient’s chart 
•  Keep operatories ready, stocked and clean according to OSHA regulations 
•  Sterilize all instruments and handpieces according to OSHA regulations 
•  Promptly send out and monitor all dental laboratory cases  
•  Monitor inventory and order dental office supplies as needed 
•  Help in other areas of the office when necessary (i.e., answering phones, scheduling patients, verifying dental benefits,  etc.) 

PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 

•  High school diploma or equivalent 
•  Graduate of accredited dental assisting program or dental assisting experience preferred 
•  Compliance with state dental practice requirements (e.g., x-ray requirements, OSHA training) 
•  Computer skills-Dentrix is a Plus  
•  Good interpersonal skills to maintain effective rapport with patients, dentists, and other staff members 
•  Effective verbal skills to communicate with patients and staff