Part Time Dental Assistant- 2 Days A Week
About the position Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry is looking for a Part Time Dental Assistant II at our Wakefield and Durham location working Tuesday and Thursdays! This role offers a chance to build long-lasting relationships with patients and co-workers by helping them smile. The company emphasizes sincerity, mastery of skills with on-the-job training, integrity, laughter and love, and excellent compensation, employee perks, and benefits.
Responsibilities
- Assists the dentist in providing dental treatment
- Functions as a treatment coordinator and prepares and presents treatment plan to patients
- Schedules patient appointment to accommodate potential obstacles
- Maintains dental instruments, supplies and equipment
- Collects and records patient health histories
- Assists with patient management during dental procedures
- Completes Instrument cleaning & sterilization and post-op sanitization of treatment rooms
- Prepares dental materials and equipment as needed for the scheduled treatment
- Completes dental charting
- Is responsible for inventory supply and other ancillary duties
Requirements
- DAII Training or equivalent
- CPR certified, or will become CPR certified within 30 days of hire
- Ability to professionally present clinical information regarding treatment plans and insurance information to patients
- Regular and timely attendance
- Ability to demonstrate independent thinking and exercise good judgment ability to formulate, affect, interpret, and/or implement operating practices
- Ability to demonstrate a teamwork approach to job responsibilities
- Ability to demonstrate initiative, dependability and promptness
- Must perform frequent repetitive work with attention to detail
- Must have the ability to be flexible and accept different work assignments within the practice, including traveling to other locations, with a positive approach
- Ability to follow instructions and takes responsibility for own actions
- Ability to exercise confidentiality with Patients and patient care
- Must listen attentively for clarification to ensure necessary outcomes
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure manuals, and written correspondence
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Nice-to-haves
- Preferred 2-5 years of Dental Assistant experience
- Achieved CDA certification, or completed radiological equivalency exam through NC State Board of Dental Examiners, or completed CODA-accredited dental assisting program
- Knowledge of Eaglesoft and/or Denticon software a plus
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401k
- Bonus plan
- 100% paid for benefits such as telemedicine
- Short-term disability
- Life insurance
- Annual Vegas-themed holiday party