Responsibilities
- Welcome clients into the dental office space
- Prepare clients for treatments or checkups ensuring their comfort
- Select and set up instruments, equipment and material needed
- Sterilize instruments according to regulations
- Assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry
- Undertake lab tasks as instructed
- Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
- Keep the dental room clean and well-stocked
- Maintain accurate patient records and assist with payment procedures
Skills
- Proven experience as dental assistant
- Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
- Understanding of health & safety regulations
- Ability to perform regulated non-surgical tasks like coronal polishing is a plus
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Well-organized and reliable
- High school diploma; graduating from dental assistant school is preferred
- Additional certification or training is an asset (e.g. EFDA)
Job Type: Permanent (both part-time and full-time available)
Requirements
Skills
- Proven experience as dental assistant
- Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
- Understanding of health & safety regulations
- Ability to perform regulated non-surgical tasks like coronal polishing is a plus
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Well organized and reliable
- High school diploma; graduating from dental assistant school is preferred
- Additional certification or training is an asset (e.g. EFDA)
Experience:
- Dental assisting: 1 year (Required)
- Photography: 1 year (Preferred)
- CT scan: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- X-Ray Certification (Required)
Work Location: Palo Alto
Benefits
- for 'full-time' team members -
- Professional development assistance
DA / RDA
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $28.00 - $41.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday