Dental Assistant

10 Center for Disability Svcs Inc; City of Albany (NY); Sur place; USD 26 174 - 28 929; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

10 Center for Disability Svcs Inc is seeking a Dental Assistant to support a busy clinic in Albany, NY. You will prepare the operatory, escort patients, and assist dentists and hygienists during procedures while ensuring health histories are available for providers.

You will also manage paperwork, radiographs, and infection control throughout patient visits. Ideal candidates have at least one year of dental office experience and a preferred Dental Assisting certificate.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of related experience in a dental office.
• Preferred certificate in Dental Assisting.

Responsabilités

• Prepare the dental clinic and operatory for treatment procedures.
• Assist patient into the operatory and provide safeguards as needed.
• Review paperwork and ensure health history is available for the provider.
• Assist dentists and dental hygienists during treatments.
• Process paperwork such as consult reports and route slips.
• Expose, process and mount dental radiographs as instructed.
• Follow infection control guidelines before, during, and after treatment.
• Review discharge and oral hygiene instructions.
• Maintain patient flow into dental operatories.

Connaissances

Great communication

Dental office experience

Formation

Certificate in Dental Assisting

Description du poste

Responsibilities

• Preparation of dental clinic and dental operatory for treatment procedure
• Assisting patient into dental operatory - escorting, transferring, applying medical safeguard (restraints) when needed
• Review paperwork brought to appointment and ensure health history is present and accessible for provider to review
• Assisting Dentists and Dental Hygienists during patient treatment
• Processing paperwork –consult report ,route slip, recall card
• Expose, process and mount dental radiographs as instructed by Dentist and or per department policy
• Following Department Infection Control Guidelines /Universal Precautions – before/during/after patient treatment
• Review discharge and oral hygiene instruction
• Maintain flow of patients into dental operatories

Requirements

• Great communication skills
• At least 1 year of related experience, specifically in: Dental Office
• Specialized training, license, certification, skills: prefer certificate in Dental Assisting

Compensation

$19.00 - $21.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any protected class of job applicant or employee in our employment practices.