Registered Dental Assistant

Volto Consulting; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ is seeking a focused and flexible Administrative Dental Assistant to support patient flow and department operations. You will coordinate charts, prior authorizations, and remits, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency.

Proficiency with Dentrix, patient payments, appointments, and office supplies is required. Strong communication and English proficiency are essential to deliver quality care and uphold our PRIDE Values.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Registered Dental Assistant preferred.
• Prior experience with dental billing in a dental setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Gather and input charts and prior authorizations and print remits for Medicaid and insurance.
• Check for denials daily and communicate with dental residents about appeals and approval status for dental work.
• Collect and input patient payments into Dentrix and manage foundation case information as needed.
• Track and log attending dentists schedules and lecture topics and handle surveys and office supply orders.
• Schedule, confirm and re-arrange patient appointments.
• Track Performance Improvement (Chart Audit) on a monthly basis.
• Answer phones promptly identifying self with proper telephone etiquette and direct callers appropriately.
• Make all changes and adjustments to patient ledgers.
• Chairside assist four handed dentistry and expanded functional duties as needed.
• Perform laboratory procedures, including taking and pouring models, documents incoming and outgoing lab cases., stocks ED and OR carts.
• Performs additional duties as needed.

Skills

Registered Dental Assistant

Dental billing

Coordination

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Dentrix

Job description

Duties

The selected candidate will be focused and flexible, willing to pitch in and assist as needed to meet the patient and department needs; must be proficient at coordination and organization of administrative duties to ensure efficiency, accuracy and timeliness of patient flow, and must promote the Atlantic Health System PRIDE Values.

Duties

The selected candidate will be focused and flexible, willing to pitch in and assist as needed to meet the patient and department needs; must be proficient at coordination and organization of administrative duties to ensure efficiency, accuracy and timeliness of patient flow, and must promote the Atlantic Health System PRIDE Values.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Gather and input charts and prior authorizations and print remits for Medicaid and insurance.


• Check for denials daily and communicate with dental residents about appeals and approval status for dental work.


• Collect and input patient payments into Dentrix and manage foundation case information as needed.


• Track and log attending dentists schedules and lecture topics and handle surveys and office supply orders.


• Schedule, confirm and re-arrange patient appointments.


• Track Performance Improvement (Chart Audit) on a monthly basis.


• Answer phones promptly identifying self with proper telephone etiquette and direct callers appropriately.


• Make all changes and adjustments to patient ledgers.


• Chairside assist four handed dentistry and expanded functional duties as needed.


• Perform laboratory procedures, including taking and pouring models, documents incoming and outgoing lab cases., stocks ED and OR carts.


• Performs additional duties as needed.

Skills

Prior experience as a Registered Dental Assistant preferred.

Prior experience with dental billing in a dental setting preferred.

Education

High School Diploma or GED required.

To provide a safe environment to our patients, we require that all candidates must be able to read, write and speak English