Job Description

Besley Family Dentistry is looking for a full time Dental Assistant to join our wonderful, caring team. The ideal candidate will join us in providing compassionate care to our patients, be dependable and positive, and have prior experience as an expanded function dental assistant. They will bring excellent clinical ability, computer skills, and a team-oriented attitude to our great team. Besley Family Dentistry is a local, doctor-owned dental practice that has been serving Verona and the surrounding communities since 2013. We are a modern dental practice dedicated to providing personable, individual care to all of our patients. If you are looking for an office that you can feel good about the work you do, with a team and patients that feel like family, come join us. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Preparing treatment areas, seating patients, and dismissing patients.

• Taking blood pressure and pulse as needed.

• Updating patient medical history and consent as needed.

• Providing verbal or written pre-operative & post-operative treatment instructions.

• Assisting at chair side with operative, oral surgery, orthodontics, and a wide range of other procedures.

• Taking intraoral radiographs and intraoral clinical photographs as treatment indicates.

• Charting necessary future dental treatments as dictated by the dentist during examinations.

• Documenting services rendered and other related information in patients' charts following each appointment.

• Maintaining and performing proper upkeep of operatory equipment at all times to include general cleaning, sharpening, and sterilizing hand instruments.

• Disinfecting operatory areas between appointments and strictly adheres to infection control protocols.

• Taking cash, check, and credit card payments and applies to patient accounts as needed.

• Taking alginate or similar impressions for study models or whitening models as needed.

• Performing laboratory functions such as pouring and trimming models, fabricating whitening trays, and fabricating temporary crowns and bridges.

• Preparing materials required by off-site laboratory for shipment and assists in writing laboratory prescriptions.

• Keeping inventory of supplies and materials and assures items are stored, maintained, and ordered as necessary within budgetary limits.

• Understanding and following HIPAA regulations.

• Understanding and following OSHA standards.

• Providing support to office personnel when primary responsibilities are completed.

• Performing other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 2+ years of Dental Assisting or related experience.

• High school diploma or GED; or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

• Dental Assistant education or “on the job” training preferred.

• Must be able To perform this job successfully and perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Must be able to demonstrate professionalism in the workplace.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to plan and coordinate work independently balancing multiple work demands in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong ability to multitask.

• Strong verbal communication skills; ability to adjust communication style appropriately to meet the needs of the patient.

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Knowledge of HIPAA standards.

• Excellent attention to high volume of detail.

• Ability to be flexible in the work environment and willing and able to adapt to changing organizational needs.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal, or diagram form.

Certificates and Licenses:

• CPR

Pay Rate: $21/hour - $25/hour

Expected Schedule:

• Tuesday 7:30 am – 5:30 pm

• Wednesday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm

• Thursday 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

• Friday 7:30 am – 12:30 pm

Physical Requirements : Regularly required to walk; sit; use hands; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to see color.

Physical Demands : Frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and taste or smell. Regularly required to walk; sit; use hands; reach with hands and arms.

Work/Environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to the risk of radiation and blood-borne pathogens. The employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); outdoor weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; work with volatile gases; and vibration.

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