Dental Assistant: Patient Care & Growth

Rodeo Dental; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Health Insurance

Medical

Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics is seeking a patient-focused dental support professional to join our growing multi-specialty team in Colorado. You will assist clinicians, manage patient records, and help educate families on oral health during visits.

This role requires CPR/AED, nitrous monitoring certification, and flexibility to travel 10-15% to different sites. Experience with Open Dental/Dentrix is helpful; a valid driver’s license may be needed for daily travel.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Active CPR and AED training.
• Current certification to monitor Nitrous Oxide.
• Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA and Infection Control training.
• Dental practice management software (Open Dental/Dentrix) experience helpful.
• Sealant, Coronal Polishing, or PALS Certifications are all a huge plus!
• Bilingual (Spanish) is preferred
• Ability to travel 10-15% of the time
• This position may require the employee to use his/her personal vehicle to travel to different work sites during the course of the work day, which means you would need an active, valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Focusing on Patient Safety and Team Safety as priority one.
• Adhering to OSHA and Infection Control Protocols, and disposing of sharps and clinical waste in a prompt and safe manner.
• Maintaining digital patient artifacts such as health history, insurance eligibility, treatment plans, pre-authorizations, lab requests, procedures, and appointment details.
• Educating patients and parents on the benefits of good oral health.
• Monitoring the patient's physical and emotional well-being during the entire visit.
• Preparing tray set-ups according to doctor preferences and planned procedures.
• Ensuring that exam rooms and operatories are cleaned, disinfected, organized, and stocked according to the required standards at the beginning and end of each patient interaction.
• Charting existing treatment for new patients by updating the patient chart with entries for fillings, crowns, sealants, etc.
• Reviewing the patient chart and health history prior to the doctor arrival and reconfirming the patient's chief concern
• Taking diagnostic quality X-Rays and attaching them to the patient chart
• Helping the Rodeo Team clean surfaces, sinks, floors and common areas of exam rooms, operatories, reception, break rooms, restrooms, etc.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Skills

CPR/AED training

Nitrous oxide monitoring

OSHA/HIPAA training

Bilingual Spanish (preferred)

Travel 10-15%

Driver’s license

Open Dental/Dentrix experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Open Dental/Dentrix

Job description

Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics is seeking a patient-focused dental support professional to join our growing multi-specialty team in Colorado. You will assist clinicians, manage patient records, and help educate families on oral health during visits.

This role requires CPR/AED, nitrous monitoring certification, and flexibility to travel 10-15% to different sites. Experience with Open Dental/Dentrix is helpful; a valid driver’s license may be needed for daily travel.