Dental Assistant
Job Description
Dental Assistant
Become Part of a Successful Dentistry Team as a Dental Assistant
A Heartland Dental affiliate is searching for a reliable, positive Dental Assistant. This position is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to learn and grow with a terrific dental team. Heartland Dental affiliates are dedicated to offering proficient, trustworthy dental services and care, and the Dental Assistant position will play a large role in that. If this sounds like a good fit, we would love to hear from you.
About Heartland Dental:
Heartland Dental is a collection of close to 550 affiliated dental offices that currently reside in 26 states. Our company is comprised of over 5,200 employees. Heartland Dental affiliated facilities typically have 1-2 doctors and 6 treatment rooms. Normally these facilities produce over $1 million per year.
We feel that our continued success can be attributed to our focus on culture, care and constant and never-ending improvement. Heartland Dental affiliates offer a career in dentistry unlike any other in the industry! We are an alliance of dedicated and dynamic affiliated dentists throughout the United States who are changing the face of dentistry.
As an affiliate of Heartland Dental, you will attend extensive training sessions in leading-edge dentistry and customer service. We pride ourselves in providing affiliated dentists personalized hands-on training from many of the best clinicians in North America. In addition, all of your dental team members receive continuing education that well exceeds the industry norm. We proudly invite you to come grow with us!
Dental Assistant Functions
The Dental Assistant supports the clinical treatment care of patients. Other functions include sustaining patient comfort, managing supplies, listening to patients’ needs and educating them on dental procedures, working efficiently to maintain doctor’s schedule and adhering to all OSHA and safety policies and procedures. The Dental Assistant will also organize and maintain lab equipment, take and develop x-rays and provide comprehensive post-op dental procedures to patients. The ideal Dental Assistant candidate should possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills, a superior knowledge of dentistry and dental terminology, a friendly, outgoing demeanor and excellent organizational skills. The Dental Assistant position is [full-time or part-time] and compensation will be based upon experience.
Job Requirements:
- Superior knowledge of dental assistant procedures and terminology
- Excellent communication and patient care skills
- Friendly, positive demeanor
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Good manual dexterity
- Strong computer skills and the ability to learn new programs