Dental Assistant Externship

Hero Practice Services; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Hero Practice Services is offering a Dental Assistant Externship in Topeka, KS, where students can gain valuable experience in a pediatric dental office. This externship provides mentorship opportunities with clinical leaders and may lead to a full-time position as a dental assistant upon successful completion.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a dental assistant program.
• Proven work experience or desire to learn in customer/patient service.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a desire for professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Track externship hours and submit timesheets.
• Record patient charting as directed by the dentist.
• Prepare treatment rooms and educate patients on procedures.

Skills

Customer/Patient service

Interpersonal skills

Organization

Knowledge of dentistry

Education

Enrollment in a dental assistant program

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Location: Topeka, KS ; Wichita, KS ; Kansas City, KS

Job Profile: Externship - Dental Assistant

Overview

Hero Practice Services is seeking a Dental Assistant Extern to experience various facets of dental procedures completed in a pediatric office. Upon successful completion of Externship hours, externs may be hired as a full-time dental assistant!

Hero Practice Services is the only practice management company focused on delivering the systems, processes, and people needed to efficiently deliver quality dental, vision, and orthodontic care to children in underserved communities. With offices across the country, we have helped millions of children and young people gain access to the care they need since 2006. Working at Hero is both a career and a calling … join us, BE A HERO!

The Opportunity

This role has the unique opportunity to support the Heroes who actively serve the children and young people in our communities by improving their overall health and well-being. This position is only open to students in a dental assisting program who desire mentorship from experienced, clinical leaders!

You will be responsible for the following

• Keeping track of all externship hours and submitting timesheets
• Record patient charting and the dentist's notes in the digital patient chart, as directed by the dentist.
• Prepare and clean treatment rooms and instruments, monitor schedule for efficiency, and educate patients on dental procedures.
• Maintain a clean, sterile, and patient-centric working environment.
• Maintain strict compliance with State, Federal, and other regulations, (e.g., OSHA, WC, Dental Board, HIPAA, ADA, DOL, Employee Handbook).
  
  

You will be required to possess the following

• Must be enrolled in a dental assistant program
• Proven work experience (or the ability and desire to learn) in customer/patient service
• Strong interpersonal skills and the desire for professional growth.
• Be organized and possess a knowledge of dentistry.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Internship

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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