Specialized Dental Assistant Opportunity 

Role

We are looking for Certified Level II Dental Assistants who strive for excellence while providing superior patient care and building positive relationships with our patients.

Responsibilities

• Supports dental care delivery by preparing treatment room, patient, instruments, and materials
• Performs procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act
• Prepares treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols
• Readies patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, and seating patient
• Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests
• Assembles instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area, positioning instruments for dentist’s access, suctioning, and passing instruments
• Provides materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient’s mouth.
• Provides diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies and pouring, trimming, and polishing study casts
• Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations and cleaning and polishing removable appliances
• Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drug and oxygen supply, and emergency telephone directory
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative instructions
• Documents dental care services by charting in patient records
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols
• Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques
• Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, and verifying receipt of supplies
• Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results  

 Qualifications

• Successful graduation from an approved Dental Assistant Program
• Registered Level II Dental Assistant in the province of New Brunswick
• Current CPR and First Aid training
• Possess great energy for a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; written and verbal, an ability to make patients feel comfortable and at ease
• Great time management and organizational skills

Assets

• Experience using Dentrix
• Bilingualism

We offer excellent salary, signing bonus, paid flexible vacation, uniforms, continuing education opportunities and a great working environment with the best view in the city and a close knit team! No evenings or weekends!

If you are a Dental Assistant who is ready to work with a Multispecialty Team– contact us today. We are excited to meet you! Please submit your resume, in confidence, to smilesciencemanagement@gmail.com and show us what makes you the right fit for our team full of Rockstars!