Job description
Do you love having fun and eating carbs? Do you love making people smile? Do you love working with smart people?
Of course you do.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team. Our rapidly growing office is looking for the ideal dental assistant to join our fun-loving, hard-working group.
We are seeking an experienced dental assistant. The ideal candidate is reliable, self-motivated, has good work ethic, likes to be outgoing, pleasant and has a team spirit!
Dental Assistant Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting the dentist in clinical and administrative duties, including; prepare patient for procedure or exam, sterilize and disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials and assist during dental procedures
- Assist the doctor with all dental procedures including but not limited to take directions from doctor, anticipate doctor’s needs, performing patient oral evaluations, take, develop and mount accurate and high-quality X-rays, various laboratory duties including provisional.
- Must have chair side dental assisting experience, including knowledge of taking digital x-rays, procedure set-up and 4-handed dentistry
Electronic charting
- Maintain the highest level of confidentiality according to the HIPAA guidelines.
Preparing treatment rooms by keeping them clean and fully stocked
- Maintain cooperative and professional relationships with physicians and office staff
Recognizes routine problems and recommends suggestions, ideas and solutions
Performs other duties as assigned.
Assistant Requirements:
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of patient personalities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Candidates must be punctual, organized and computer literate
- A strong sense of workplace professionalism and personal ethics
- Customer-service orientation with excellent interpersonal skills
- Must be good with children
- Ability to work additional days at our Great Neck Office, if needed.
About Neman Family Dentistry
Neman Family Dentistry has been providing high-quality service to its communities for nearly 40 years. Our goal at Neman Family Dentistry is to help children and adults feel comfortable about visiting the dentist and establish habits which promote a lifetime of healthy and beautiful smiles. We build life-long relationships with our staff, patients and their families to make our practice their dental home.
We offer our patients quality care, as though they were our own family.
help our patients achieve excellent oral health.
treat every patient in a caring, understanding and professional manner.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.00 - $29.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Employee discount
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Professional development assistance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- Are you able to work Saturdays ?
Experience:
- Dental Assisting: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: In person