What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Assistant/Receptionist position at Bright Dents?
Responsibilities
- Greeting and welcoming patients to the practice
- Maintaining front office COVID-19 health and safety measures
- Scheduling, rescheduling, confirming, and canceling appointments as needed
- Updating patient information and documenting recent treatments and procedures
- Communicating with dental insurance providers
- Performing general office duties, such as answering telephones and e-mails, filing and faxing
- Welcome patients in the dental office
- Prepare patients for treatments or checkups ensuring their comfort
- Select and set up instruments, equipment and material needed
- Sterilize instruments according to regulations
- Assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry
- Undertake lab tasks as instructed
- Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
- Keep the dental room clean and well-stocked
- Maintain accurate patient charts
Skills
- Proven experience as dental assistant
- Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
- Understanding of health & safety regulations
- Ability to perform regulated non-surgical tasks like coronal polishing is a plus
- 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)
- Xray certification
- PRIOR EXPERIENCE in a dental office required
- Knowledge of Open Dental software a plus, but not required
- Working knowledge of general administrative practices
- Good telephone etiquette
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $17.00 - $24.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Weekend availability
Supplemental Pay:
- Bonus pay
Experience:
- Dental assisting: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- X-Ray Certification (Required)
Work Location: One location
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