Dental Assistant
Dentist Tree of the Heights
·Apr 11, 2024
- Location
- Houston, Texas
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Source
- BetterTeam
Description
Our private practice is looking for another positive, well-organized, responsible, highly motivated Dental Assistant to add to our team. The candidate must have good interpersonal skills and the ability to multitask. 1 year of experience required
Job Description:
This position requires assisting the doctor with general dentistry procedures, maintaining a clean facility and inventory, providing excellent customer service, and assisting in community outreach.
This position requires assisting the doctor with general dentistry procedures, maintaining a clean facility and inventory, providing excellent customer service, and assisting in community outreach.
1 year of experience is required.
General Duties:
- Assist the dentist at the dental chair while they are engaged in any treatment of patients (4 handed dentistry)
- Maintain proper patient health history and treatment records using Open Dental
- Properly and efficiently set up the treatment room in time for a patient's appointment
- Take blood pressure
- Take diagnostic radiographs to help aid the dentist in diagnosing dental treatment
- Give pre and post-operative instructions
- Proficiency with PC computers in relation to office tasks
- Coronal polishing certificate or eligible to get certification
- Follow through with customer inquiries, requests, and complaints
- Stocks supplies in operatories, restrooms, resupply area, lab, breakroom, etc.
- Assist in monitoring and resupplying the inventory and supplies
- Sterilization of instruments
- Assist in general maintenance and cleanliness of the office
- Promptly inform supervisor of broken or malfunctioning equipment
- Assist both front and back office team members where needed
- Ability to build a good rapport with patients and staff
- Assist in outreach and marketing efforts both at the practice and off-site
- Assist with answering phones and schedule patients for their next appointments
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Nitrous monitoring certification is recommended
Skills
Customer Service