Licensed Dental Assistant - Blaine South Periodontics
Licensed Dental Assistant - Blaine South Periodontics
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Job Description
Overview
The Dental Specialists Blaine South Periodontics is currently seeking professional team oriented dental assistant candidate.
Starting Wage Range: $29.00 $33.00
$5000 SignOn Bonus!!!
Why should you choose The Dental Specialists The Dental Specialists associates truly care about our patients and want to make a difference. Below are just a few perks of working at The Dental Specialists as a Dental Assistant:
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package
- Medical Vision Dental and Orthodontia
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Roth and 401(k) programs with company match
- Life insurance
- Short and LongTerm Disability
- Health Saving Plan
- Flexible Spending Plan
- Companysponsored professional development
- Clinical excellence and quality assurance standards
- Professional Development and Career Advancement opportunities
- Multiple locations across the Twin Cities greater MN and WI and growing!
As a Dental Assistant you will assist the Doctor in providing quality dental treatment and education to patients.
Responsibilities
Essential job duties Include:
- Provide quality patient service by delivering thorough patient care effective communication and personal attention in a gentle and caring manner and plan appropriate dental hygiene care including prophylaxis scaling and root planning debridement and periodontal maintenance
- Complete dental hygiene procedures utilizing hand and mechanical scalers with a high degree of technical skill
- Conduct a general oral health screening for each patient and communicate findings to the Doctor
- Provide local anesthetic and nitrous oxide to patients under general supervision by the Doctor
- Expose appropriate quality radiographs and develop mount and label properly
- Provide accurate and concise patient record charting and complete database information to allow the Doctor to determine the appropriate treatment plan for the patient
- Maintain a clean work environment and dental equipment to meet OSHA and Center for Disease Control sterilization and infection control regulatory standards
The qualifications we are looking for in a Dental Assistant include:
- High School diploma required
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience preferred
- A current Minnesota Dental Assistant License
- Certified to administer local anesthesia in Minnesota and nitrous oxide analgesia
- An uptodate and organized Professional Portfolio summarizing written documentation of professional development activities
- Current CPR certification obtained through the American Heart Association health care provider course the American Red Cross professional rescuer course or an equivalent course.
- Knowledge of dental information and techniques necessary to assess oral conditions and treat periodontal disease including symptoms treatment alternatives and preventative measures
- Knowledge of the principles and processes for providing dental and patient services including patient needs assessment meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of patient satisfaction
- Possess strong interpersonal skills developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others striving for collaboration and demonstrating professionalism
- Possess effective written and oral communication skills
- Possess critical thinking logic and reasoning skills.
Work Schedule
Tuesday 8am4:30pm @ Blaine South
Wednesday 8am4:30pm@ Blaine South
Thursday 8am4:30pm @ Blaine South
Friday 8am4:30pm @ Forest Lake
Company Information
Continuing Education:
The Dental Specialists offers a wide range of continuing education courses throughout the year for team members including required courses such as CPR and OSHA Annual Retraining. Dental Assistants that attend all the courses offered throughout the year are able to fulfill their biannual requirements for 25 hours of continuing education.
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