Traveling Dental Assistant

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This range is provided by West Coast Dental Services. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$25.00/hr - $28.00/hr

The Dental Assistant performs a variety of dental assisting duties while promoting a safe and clean environment for providing quality dental care. These duties include, but are not limited to, assisting the doctor; communicating effectively with patients (or parents if patient is a child); maintaining equipment and inventory; cleaning, sterilizing, and packaging instruments; and following standard universal precautions, OSHA and HIPAA requirements, and dental board auxiliaries’ regulations.

• Open and close the back office as instructed
• Prepare trays and operatories for various procedures
• Ensure that operatories are stocked and cleaned at all times
• Greet and seat patients as soon as possible and notify Doctor (check the operatory to make sure it is clean and disinfected before seating a new patient)
• Check for patients’ signatures on the Health Questionnaire and Informed Consent Form
• Assist the Doctor’s during various procedures and rotate with Doctor’s as requested; in accordance to all State and Federal regulations
• Accurately /completely document patient care activities in the chart as directed by the doctor and Company policy
• Explain treatment plans to patients as needed
• Escort patients to front office area for patient dismissal when treatment is completed, and inform the receptionist when and for what their next visit(s) must be scheduled
• Disinfect general back office areas; including operatory
• Apply disposable barriers in and around operatories where needed
• Clean, sterilize, and package dental instruments
• Prepare lab cases
• Turn off all equipment nightly, including the vacuum, compressor, etc.
• Ensure that handpieces are properly cleaned and oiled
• Follow-up with lab and maintain the log on partials and remakes.
• Review the Hazard Communication book and sign the training log
• Ensure that hazardous products are properly labeled
• Follow waste disposal procedures for Sharps and for contaminated material/chemical.
• Compliance with state and Federal infection control standards in the dental office and operatories, including but not limited to: wearing protective barriers such as gloves, scrubs, and eye wear; disinfecting and sterilizing instruments and treatment areas; and disposing properly of contaminated or bio-hazardous waste/materials.

• Follow-up with lab and maintain log on partials and remakes.
• Check next day appointment schedule for all lab cases and verify that they are ready, if not, see that the patient is rescheduled
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and team huddles
• Other duties as assigned by the Office Manager, Regional Manager, and/or Dentists

• Minimum one year of recent experience as a Dental Assistant preferred
• Current X-ray License required
• Certificate from accredited Dental Assisting School preferred
• Bilingual:
  English & Spanish required (if the geographic location of the office does not require the applicant to be bilingual, applicants who only speak English may be considered)
• CPR and First-Aid certification preferred
• Infection Control Certificate required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with people of all ages (i.e. Children)
• Strong interpersonal and relationship skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and able to multitask
• Ability to maintain outgoing, friendly attitude with patients and coworkers
• Ability to work with interruptions and to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to be organized

• Autoclave/Chemiclave
• Ultrasonic
• Intra-oral Camera
• O 2 and N 2 O
• Handpieces
• Digital X-ray and X-ray Machine

The Dental Assistant will be notified of the work schedule on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis. The Dental Assistant’s schedule is subject to change (daily/weekly…