Dental Assistant

Ascendent Health Partners; Town of Hartland (WI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Good Dentist is expanding its care team and seeks a friendly clinical assistant to provide gentle, patient-centered support. Ideal candidates bring a positive attitude, enjoy collaboration, and can help the team deliver high-quality dental care in a fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities include room setup, assisting the hygienist, keeping the schedule on track, updating patient charts, and reinforcing treatment recommendations with patients.

Qualifications

• Friendly, patient-first attitude and ability to work with a team.
• Open to entry-level or experienced clinical/dental assisting.
• Strong communication and documentation habits.

Responsibilities

• Set up and break down dental operatory.
• Assist Hygienist with procedures.
• Help others stay on time.
• Update patient charts promptly.
• Build rapport with patients and support treatment recommendations.

Skills

Patient-focused care

Team collaboration

Communication

Job description

At The Good Dentist we believe that taking care of your teeth starts with providing unique care, attention, and understanding to the people attached to the teeth. Our growing team needs a clinical assistant to provide gentle care to our patients. Any clinical or dental assisting experience is a plus but a positive attitude, patient-first mentality, and ability to work with a team are our only requirements.

Our ideal Assistant exhibits and supports the following core values

• Patient Obsession
• Team Empowerment
• Team Development
• Relationship Driven
• Golden Rule Patient Care
• Golden Rule Team Care
• Doctor Clinical Autonomy

Duties of the Assistant include, but are not limited to the following:

• Dental operatory set up & break down
• Assist the Hygienist with procedures and tasks as needed
• Help other assistants stay on time as needed
• Update general patient charting with documentation in a timely manner
• Establish a rapport with all patients and validate treatment recommendations made by the doctor
• Other duties as assigned by team leader and department leader