Dental Assistant (Downtown Seattle)

Espire Dental; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Orca transit pass

Medical and vision insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401(k)

Equity incentive

Team-oriented environment

Top dental office award

Job summary

Dentist Downtown Seattle is seeking a dedicated dental professional to join our team as a full-time assistant. You will support clinicians, prepare patients, and manage workflows using Cerec and intraoral scanning when available.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable with sedation and implants, proficient with electronic medical records, and eager to build trust with patients and staff while traveling for training as needed.

Qualifications

• Passionate dental professional with patient-focused mindset.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with team and patients.
• Experience with dental equipment and instruments.
• Knowledge of Cerec and intraoral scanning is a plus.
• Experience with sedation and dental implants is a plus.
• Willing to travel for training.
• Experience using digital technology and electronic medical records.
• Willing to build trust with others.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for dental work.
• Sterilize and disinfect instruments; set up trays; prepare materials; assist procedures.
• Assist dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies.
• Assist dental hygienists as needed.
• Provide excellent patient care and record treatment information.
• Take and manage dental x-rays and care for x-ray equipment.
• Educate patients on dental hygiene and plaque control.
• Record medical and dental histories and vital signs.
• Provide postoperative instructions as directed.
• Care for dental equipment and manage study cast impressions.
• Order dental supplies and maintain inventory.
• Fabricate temporary restorations and impressions from preliminary models.

Skills

Dental equipment familiarity

Cerec

Intraoral scanning

Sedation experience

Implant experience

EMR systems

Team collaboration

Tools

Dental x-ray equipment

Sterilization equipment

Job description

At Dentist Downtown Seattle, you’re empowered to use your powers. You’ll have the freedom from all the barriers, limitations, and frustrations that keep you from focusing on patient care. We’re combining the world’s best dental care and technology with inspired hospitality. If you’re amazing and you’d like to have fun, be your best, and spread confidence and joy one smile at a time, it would be a pleasure to hear from you. Be part of something unique and use your powers for good.

Who You Are

A passionate dental professional who loves what they do. You have a willingness to build trusting relationships with team members and patients while providing the best patient outcome.

What You Bring

• Love what you do
• Familiarity with dental equipment and instruments
• Knowledge of Cerec, and intraoral scanning a plus
• Experience with sedation and dental implant placement and restoration a plus
• Willingness and ability to participate in training, which may include travel
• Experience using digital technology and electronic medical records
• Willing to build trust with others

What You Will Be Doing

• 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.

What You Will Get From Us

• Full-time opportunity with a flexible work schedule
• We offer an unlimited Orca transportation pass that can be used for the bus, light rail, train and ferry
• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical and vision insurance options
• Company-sponsored short-term disability benefits
• Voluntary long-term disability benefits
• Life insurance options
• 401(k) savings plan
• Equity Incentive Plan
• A company that values its team members and overall patient experience in a fun environment
• A company that has been voted Top Dental Office year over year