Dental Assistant - Watsonville / Full-time / Part-time
| Established privately owned dental practice focused on providing the community with general dentistry for adults and children. Our practice is a full-service provider of comprehensive hygiene and dental care located in Watsonville. We are looking for a full-time dental assistant or part time dental assistant. Practice business hours are Monday to Thursday 8:00AM - 4:00PM. Dental Assistant Responsibilities: - Providing great patient care. - Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs. - Setting up instrument trays, preparing materials and operatories for dental procedures. - Sterilizing and disinfecting instruments and cleaning up of operatories. - Taking diagnostically acceptable digital radiographs (including panoramic x-rays). - Present patients with proposed treatment plans and information on dental hygiene, oral health care. - Ability to chair side assist dentists with all phases of general dentistry. - Assisting dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies when necessary. - Assisting dental hygienists with procedures when necessary. - Recording treatment information in patient records. - Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist. - Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts. - Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions. - Maintain paperless patient electronic dental records and scheduling next appointment. - Follow practice protocols for quality assurance, charting, biohazards, infection control and referrals. - Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory. Requirements: - Must be Dental Assistant or Registered Dental Assistant. - Current BLS/CPR Certification and X-ray license. - Able to use an x-ray machine with digital sensors. - Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. - Excellent customer service, and conflict resolution skills. - Must work well with others and be excellent at educating patients. - Comfortable using computers for a variety of tasks. Compensation based on experience. Benefits: Paid vacation, Paid sick leave, Paid holidays, Tuition Sharing, Dental benefits, 401K, Uniforms If interested, Please email us cover letter and resume for review. We look forward to hearing from you! |
(408)320-7737
leon_nguyen@yahoo.com
