Registered Dental Assistant

Registered Dental Assistant

Location:

Murfreesboro, TN.

Overview: Rox Dental Partners PLLC dba Davis Dentistry is a dental practice based in Murfreesboro, TN. Our mission is to provide quality dental care to all members of the community with an obsessive focus on the patient experience, creating a warm and attentive atmosphere that gives patients a WOW experience daily.

Responsibilities:

• Directly assist the dentist during patient procedures using four-handed delivery techniques.
• Expose, develop, and mount clinically diagnostic x-rays.
• Sterilize and disinfect instruments and operations according to clinic protocols.
• Process and sterilize handpieces according to clinic protocol.
• Perform daily start-up and close-down procedures in lab and operations according to protocols.
• Set up and clean up materials and equipment needed for dental procedures.
• Take patient history and record it in the patient’s chart.
• Accurately chart results of oral exam, as instructed by provider.
• Prepare cases for outside labs and organize; track returned lab work.
• Handle and dispose of infectious and hazardous waste according to clinic protocols.
• Perform oral hygiene instructions.
• Perform maintenance, cleaning and testing of dental equipment as outlined in the equipment and safety manual and radiation safety manual.
• Assist with confirming appointments and/or recalls as needed.
• Work with Office Manager on inventory supplies, order replacement supplies, and perform annual inventory for audit.
• Perform other duties within the scope of the position as assigned by the Office Manager and/or Back Office Lead.

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of relevant experience.
• Vocational degree or certification.
• Chairside assisting experience.
• Experience with x-rays.
• Instrument sterilization knowledge.
• Strong patient care skills.

Salary & Benefits:

Salary: $18.00 - $24.00 per hour (plus bonus/commission). Benefit:
Dental insurance.

Employment Details:

• Employment type:
  
  Full Time.
• Seniority level:
  Entry level.
• Years of experience required: 1 - 3 years.
• Bonus/Commission:
  Yes.