Dental Assistant With Invisalign Experience

Job description

This position is for an experienced Dental Assistant that has vast experience in Invisalign procedures, has gentle hands when assisting doctor, has great comprehension and is able to speak English fluently, and has amazing interpersonal skills to keep patients engaged! You must be comfortable packing cord and doing large and aesthetic temporary crowns. The ideal candidate should possess strong situational awareness and the ability to anticipate the doctor's needs during routine procedures.

Our benefits including paid vacation, select paid holidays, personal days, 401k and profit sharing, which are geared towards long-term growth in our practice. We are looking for someone to retire with our practice, and foster an environment that makes you happy and eager to come to your oasis away from home!

Our busy, high quality, complete-care dental practice is looking for a dental assistant to work synergistically with our dentist and team to make sure that every patient receives the best hygiene, restorative and cosmetic care possible. We are looking for someone with a full understanding of the oral systemic connection and how to treat it effectively with modern solutions, while providing our patients with essential education in regards to oral hygiene and overall dental health. If you want to love coming to work, then join our team of dedicated professionals.

You’ll ensure excellent customer service and lift administrative and basic dental tasks off the dentist’s shoulders. Dental assistants should be well-organized with great attention to detail. You should be able to follow instructions and respect dental office regulations. We want you to be skilled in providing direct or indirect patient care and able to make office procedures as smooth as possible.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers in the dental office
• Prepare customers 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
• Scan patients with iTero scanning and education patient on oral conditions
• Invisalign Knowledge and experience chairside
• Ability to add Invisalign attachments
• Ability to pack cord
• Ability to create multiple teeth temporary crowns, temporary veneers, and anterior aesthetic temporaries.
• Undertake lab tasks as instructed
• Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
• Keep the dental room clean and well-stocked
• Schedule appointments
• Maintain accurate patient records and assist with payment procedures

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
• Ability to perform Invisalign procedures chairside
• Ability to scan patients with iTero intraoral scanner and education patients on oral conditions
• 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)

Job Types: Full-time

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• This position requires excellent English communication skills, including the ability to listen, understand, and respond clearly without the use of translation apps or aids. Are you comfortable performing all job duties using English only?
• In this role you will communicate with patients and coworkers in English throughout the day, including listening carefully to instructions and responding clearly without translation tools. How comfortable are you communicating in English in a fast-paced work environment?

Very comfortable

Somewhat comfortable

Not comfortable

• This position requires arriving ready to work at your scheduled start time every day. Do you have any regular obligations (commute, childcare, other commitments) that could interfere with consistently arriving on time?

No – I can reliably arrive on time

Possibly – I may occasionally have conflicts

Yes – I may have regular conflicts

• In your previous role, how often were you late for work in a typical month?

Never

1–2 times

3–5 times

More than 5 times

• Our office depends on team members arriving on time so patients are not delayed. Are you willing to commit to arriving at least 10 minutes early for every scheduled shift?

Yes

No

• Our team works one or two Saturdays per month to accommodate patient schedules. Are you able to commit to this requirement?

Yes

No

Work Location: In person