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Dental Assistant
Job description
Job Title: Dental Assistant
Location: Kent, OH 44240
Schedule:
- Full-time; 40 hours/week
- Monday: 8am-12pm OR 12pm-4pm
- Tuesday-Friday: 8am-4:30/5pm
Company Overview:
Community based health system where all employees share a common vision of quality, community-based primary care available to all.
Position Overview:
Position Overview:
- Work as a team player with a positive attitude.
- Be fully trained to assist the Doctor on all dental procedures.
- Seat patients in the chair as soon as possible.
- Educate patients on all procedures to be done.
- Reinforce oral hygiene instructions.
- Stock operatories and help other assistants keep rooms stocked.
- Chart thoroughly all procedures done and document thoroughly what was said to the patient on electronic records.
- Turn all equipment on at the beginning of each day, and off when the day is done.
- Maintain OSHA Standards.
- Keep work areas neat and organized.
- Autoclave cleaning and monitoring sterilization spore testing.
- Cleaning of water lines and testing of lines.
- Cleaning traps in operatories.
- Draining and performing maintenance on compressor and vacuum.
- Knowledge of various dental procedures and instruments
- Ability to perform basic dental procedures such as cleaning, X-rays and dental impressions (if certified)
- Customer service skills.
- Ability to perform office management tasks such as scheduling appointments and ordering supplies.
- Excellent communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Ability to work with insurance companies to complete prior authorizations.
- Calling patients to schedule and confirm appointments.
- Completion of Dental Assistant program
- X-Ray Certification
- CPR/BLS