Dental Assistant

Sanitas Medical Center; Plantation (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanitas Medical Center is seeking a Dental Assistant to prepare patients, sterilize instruments, set up rooms, and support dental hygiene tasks. A dental x-ray certification is required, and you will provide high-quality patient care throughout procedures and emergencies.

You will assist dentists and hygienists, manage patient records, expose dental x‑rays, and help with post‑treatment instructions. Proficiency in English is required, with Spanish and Creole preferred.

Qualifications

• Required education: Certification or Associate degree in an accredited dental assisting program.
• Required license/certification: Dental x-ray certification.
• Strong communication and patient care skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for dental procedures and assist during treatments.
• Sterilize and disinfect instruments and prep trays.
• Assist dentists and hygienists during procedures and emergencies.
• Record patient treatment information and manage dental records.
• Expose and process dental x-rays and maintain x-ray equipment.

Skills

Dental assisting

Patient care

Infection control

English communication

Education

Dental assisting certification

Associate degree in dental assisting

Job description

“Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. Our services include primary care, urgent care, nutrition, lab, diagnostic, health care education and resources for our patients. We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.”Job SummaryWe are looking for a Dental Assistant that will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms, and some dental hygiene tasks. To do well in this role you should have a dental x-ray certification and provide a great level of patient care.Essential Job FunctionsReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Preparing patients for dental work.Helping with infection control by sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures.Assisting dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies when necessary.Assisting dental hygienists with procedures when necessary.Providing great patient care.Recording treatment information in patient records.Exposing dental x-rays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental x-ray equipment.Giving patients information on dental hygiene, oral health care, and plaque control programs.Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs.Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist.Caring for dental equipment.Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory.Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions.Supervisory ResponsibilitiesThis position has no supervisory responsibilities.Required EducationCertification or Associate degree in an accredited dental assistance program.Required ExperienceN/ARequired Licenses and CertificationsDental x-ray certification.Required Knowledge, Skills, and AbilitiesExperience using computers for a variety of tasks.Good written and verbal communication skills.Consistently professional appearance and attitude.Able to provide great patient care.Preferred Qualifications0-2 years' experience is preferred.Financial ResponsibilitiesThis position does not currently handle physical money or negotiates contracts.N/ABudget ResponsibilitiesThis position does not have budget responsibilities.N/ALanguagesEnglishAdvancedSpanishPreferredCreolePreferredTravelNot requiredN/APhysical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.Environmental ConditionsInside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.Physical/Environmental ActivitiesPlease indicate with an X the frequency for the activities that apply to the essential functions of the job based on the chart below. Please select Not Required for physical demands that aren’t essential to job performance.Working ConditionNot RequiredOccasionally(1-33%)Frequently(34-66%)Constantly(67-100%)Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e.travel to attend meetings, events, conferences).XMay be exposed to outdoor weather conditions of cold,heat, wet, and humidity.XMay be exposed to outdoor or warehouse conditions of loudnoises, vibration, fumes, dust, odors, and mists.XMust be able to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, or other equipment.XSubject to exposure to hazardous material.X