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Todays Dental Alexandria; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay above local market

Sign-on bonus and referral bonus

Paid time off

Health insurance coverage

Paid gym membership for you and your a

Year-end bonus for performance above目标

Continuing education and certification

Job summary

Todays Dental Alexandria in Virginia is seeking a friendly dental assistant to work chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency days. You will set up, take radiographs and impressions, anticipate the doctor's needs, and keep patients informed about what is happening and why.

Responsibilities include assisting four-handed, pouring models, fabricating temporaries, maintaining sterility, and following OSHA and CDC standards. Recent graduates are welcome to interview.

Qualifications

• Must hold dental assisting credential and radiography certification per Virginia.
• Current CPR/BLS certification required.
• Steady hands, patience with anxious patients essential.
• Able to maintain sterilization and infection control throughout the day.
• Chairside experience preferred; new graduates welcomed if they interview well.

Responsibilities

• Set up and break down operatories, sterilize instruments, and have the tray ready before the doctor sits down.
• Assist chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency procedures using four-handed technique.
• Take digital radiographs, intraoral photos, and impressions or digital scans as directed.
• Pour models, fabricate temporaries, and perform expanded functions permitted by credentials.
• Give post-operative instructions in plain language and answer patient questions.
• Maintain infection control, sterilization logs, and operatory stock to OSHA and CDC standards.

Skills

CPR/BLS certification

Steady hands

Patient with anxious patients

Ability to keep pace

Education

Dental assisting credential

Radiography certification (Virginia)

Job description

A good assistant makes the dentist faster and the patient calmer at the same time.

You will work chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency days — setting up, taking radiographs and impressions, anticipating the next instrument before it is asked for, and keeping the person in the chair informed about what is happening and why.

We keep the operatories properly equipped and replace what slows you down, because an assistant fighting the equipment cannot look after the patient.

What you'll do

• Set up and break down operatories, sterilize instruments, and have the tray ready before the doctor sits down.
• Assist chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency procedures using four-handed technique.
• Take digital radiographs, intraoral photos, and impressions or digital scans as directed.
• Pour models, fabricate temporaries, and perform expanded functions permitted by your credentials.
• Give post-operative instructions in plain language and answer the questions patients are too polite to ask the doctor.
• Maintain infection control, sterilization logs, and operatory stock to OSHA and CDC standards.

What we're looking for

• Dental assisting credential and radiography certification as required by Virginia.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Steady hands, a strong stomach, and genuine patience with anxious patients.
• Able to keep pace through a full day without cutting a corner on sterilization.
• Chairside experience preferred; we will happily consider a recent graduate who interviews well.

What we offer

• Competitive pay, reviewed annually and benchmarked above local market rates.
• Sign-on bonus and referral bonus.
• Paid time off.
• Health insurance coverage.
• Paid gym membership for you and your family.
• Year-end bonus for performance above target.
• Continuing education and certification renewals paid for.