Dental Assistant; DA)

ALLISON & ASSOCIATES

Shannon Allison, DDS, PA
• Full-Scope Digital Dentistry

15 Aviemore Drive
• Pinehurst, NC 28374 •

Clinical Support & Patient Flow
• Entry-Level Welcome
• Pinehurst, NC

Be the reason the day runs on time.

Allison & Associates is a privately owned, full-scope dental practice in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Founded in 1976 and owned by Dr. Shannon Allison since 2003, we are a three-doctor practice with five hygienists, five assistants, and a full administrative team. Our average staff tenure is approximately fifteen years - people come here and they stay.

Our doctors practice implantology, dental sleep medicine, LANAP laser periodontal therapy, oral conscious sedation, endodontics, and comprehensive restorative dentistry. You will be exposed to the full scope of dentistry, not a narrow slice of it.

We are seeking one full-time Dental Assistant in a clinical support capacity. This is an entry-level position and we welcome recent graduates of dental assisting programs. Chairside assisting is a regular, scheduled part of the job - but the anchor of the position is keeping our clinical day running on schedule and making sure every provider and every operatory has what it needs before they need it.

With three doctors and five hygienists working simultaneously, our schedule only holds together when someone owns the flow. That person is you. What we require is reliability, organization, a level head when the day gets busy, genuine warmth with patients, and the willingness to grow - we will teach the rest.

How the week splits:
Monday through Thursday you are primarily in a support and flow capacity, with chairside assisting as the day demands. Fridays you are chairside consistently. Beyond that, you cover chairside whenever one of our tenured assistants is out - in practice, several days most months. During the week you also serve as second assistant in six-handed dentistry on our implant, surgical, sedation, and complex restorative cases.

That is deliberate: it is how you build real chairside skill under supervision, beside an experienced assistant, well before you are ever the only assistant in the room. We train you to full chairside competence early because we need you genuinely able to step in, not merely able to hand instruments.

This role will evolve. We expect the chairside share of this position to grow as you do. That progression is tied to our semiannual performance review in April/May and October/November, which is also when compensation is revisited - so as the role expands, your review is the mechanism for the pay to follow it. We would rather say that plainly up front than have you discover it.

Monday through Thursday, 7:45 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m. (7.75 hours). Friday, 7:45 a.m.

- 12:30 p.m. (4.75 hours). We do not stop for a formal lunch; staff are welcome to bring food and eat in the staff area during breaks. Occasional patient emergencies may extend the day, and that time is paid. We work hard to keep these rare - personal time matters here.

7:45 - 7:55 a.m., attendance required.

Your day is organized around keeping the schedule moving. In rough order of how much of your time each takes:

• Monitoring the day's schedule and anticipating what each provider needs next, before they ask
• Turning over operatories quickly between patients so no provider waits on a room
• Greeting, seating, and preparing patients; updating medical histories and getting them comfortable
• Floating between doctors and hygienists to relieve pressure wherever the day is running behind
• Communicating with the front desk about running times, delays, and emergency add-ons