- Permanent Dental Assistant Job
- Waterford, WI
Job Description
Nakoma Dental
Job posting for a Dental Assistant
Dental Assistant Job Description
Nakoma Dental is seeking a part-time or full-time Dental Assistant to work at our small, established, and privately owned practice conveniently located in Madison.
Dental assistants should have excellent customer service skills, administrative skills, and basic dental knowledge. Dental assistants should be well-organized with great attention to detail. The following instruction and asking good questions is a must. We want you to be skilled in providing direct or indirect patient care, anticipate the next step, take initiative, and be able to make dental procedures as smooth as possible. A dental assistant in our office performs a variety of dental assisting duties to promote quality dentistry for our patients in a low stress and safe environment. Assistants must assist the doctor, teach the patients how to care for their teeth, communicate effectively with patients (parents if patient is a minor), maintain equipment and inventory, and follow universal precautions and all OSHA requirements to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff.
Our office is open Monday through Thursday with no evening, weekends or holidays. We specialize in General & Cosmetic Dentistry, Invisalign, Airway/Sleep/Snoring, TMD and more.
Primary Duties:
Welcome customers in the dental office
Prepare customers for treatments or checkups ensuring their comfort
Select and set up instruments, equipment and material needed
Assisting with: Crowns, bridges, veneers, dentures, partial dentures, and flippers, splint delivery and adjustments, amalgam and resin fillings, extractions, crown lengthening, Invisalign appointments, new patient exams, limited exams, bite analysis exams, and sealants with four-handed dentistry
Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions as well as educate pts. with their current and next treatment planned.
Perform instrument sterilization and infection control, including cleaning autoclaves, Statims, and weekly spore (sterile) tests while maintaining infection control during procedures
Giving post op instructions after dental surgery, suture removal, as well as dry socket packing placement and removal
Making impressions, facebows, pouring and trimming models, fabricating hard and soft splints, retainers, bleach trays, mouth guards, custom trays, (make, adjust, and polish), as instructed by the doctor
Taking images: digital x-rays, panoramic images, extraoral and intraoral camera pictures
Orders supplies, cleans and stocks operatories
Performs maintenance on all dental equipment routinely
iTero element scanning for full arch and restorative cases
Mixing cements, fabricating and cementing temporary crowns
Understands dental terms, tooth numbering systems, and dental and periodontal charting
Be prepared for the morning meetings and monthly staff meetings
Maintain accurate patient records and assist with needs of dental insurance through quality x-rays and treatment write-ups
Aid in periodontal charting and keeping everyone on schedule - know the pulse of the practice
Competencies:
Applicants must have exceptional human relation skills, including listening
Ability to work with people of all ages
Ability to handle conflict and get along with people
Ability to maintain outgoing, friendly attitude with patients and staff even under pressure
Ability to work with interruptions and to manage multiple priorities
Applicants must speak, understand, and write in clear, concise, logical, and legible and grammatically-correct English
Accuracy in spelling and basic math
Manual dexterity
Knowledge of dentistry
Ability to complete tasks within time frame
Good computer skills
Excellent communication and people skills
Interest in and attention to detail
Well-organized and reliable
Skills Required:
BLS CPR Certification
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
Using a model trimmer
Using a Whip Mix
Infection control
Digital x-ray sensors, including panoramic machines
iTero scanning
Intraoral camera
Extraoral camera
Handpiece Maintenance
Phone skills
Eaglesoft knowledge
Familiarity with dental materials
Good interpersonal communication skills
Dental charting (tooth numbering, tooth surfaces)
Clinical Duties
Turn on/off daily
Compressor
Lights
Water
Suction
Computers
Set up treatment rooms
Ensure schedules are posted correctly
Review charts for the next day
Call late patients
Preform four-handed assisting skills and delegate duties
Promote treatment plans and encourage patients to move forward with treatment
Combine efficiency, productivity and caring for patients in all actions
Inform before perform patient education
Maintain patient comfort be sensitive to patients real or imagined fear of being alone in a treatment room
Empty traps and run cleaner through lines on appropriate schedule
Maintain waterlines
Maintenance
Monitor handpiece maintenance
Maintain treatment room within accepted infection control protocols
Follow PPE and infection control procedures
Stock ad inventory treatment rooms
Assist with after-hours emergency care as directed by doctor
Take digital radiographs and mount them
Give post op instructions
Preform denture repair procedures as directed by doctor
Fabricate Provisionals as directed by the doctor
Assist with denture relines and adjustment as directed by the doctor
Preform all expanded duties as allowed by state law under direction of the doctor
Assure all correct chart notes and production are walked out with future proposed treatment entered correctly and scheduled correctly
Sterilization Duties
Clean and sterilize instruments, handpieces, and burs
Keep up with OSHA regulations for sterilization procedures
Restock all instruments in proper locations after sterilization
Lab Duties
Clean and maintain lab on a daily basis
Maintain lab supplies
Fabricate proper study models, impressions, casts, and mountings,
Fabricate custom trays, splint, and bleaching trays as directed by doctor
Maintain all articulators are clean and in working order
Office duties
Maintain daily appearance of office
Call patients to follow up after difficult treatment
Prepare for and contribute to morning huddle meetings
Prepare for and attend staff meetings
Coordinate ordering and storage of supplies
Attend appropriate continuing education courses annually
Contribute to team spirt
Secondary Duties:
Understands dental insurance codes
Mailing statements
Answering telephone
Making appointments
Discuss existing treatment plans
Scheduling recall Hygiene appointments
Send referrals
Call in prescriptions
Making copies
Scanning in documents
Physical Requirements: Must be in good physical condition and be able to withstand the stress and demands of an active position. Must be able to perform many hours of standing, walking, stooping, bending and sitting. Must have manual dexterity, good hand-eye coordination, and adequate vision and hearing needed in daily work.
Hazards: The dental office environment may result employees being exposed to toxic chemicals, radiation, and increased noise level.
Job Specifications:
Job Type: Full-time or Part-Time
Pay: $21.00+ per hour depending on experience and qualifications
High school graduate
Dental experience: 1-3 years preferred
BLS CPR and First aid
Dental Assistant certification or degree preferred
Additional certification or training is an asset
Benefits:
401(k)
Employee discount- dental
Immediate family discount (full time)
Health insurance reimbursement
Paid time off (full time)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $22.00 per hour
Benefits:
Continuing education credits
Employee discount
Paid time off
Paid training
Retirement plan
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Experience:
Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
Madison, WI 53711: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
