Dental Assistant

Nuvia Dental Implant Center Careers•Overland Park, KS

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Nuvia Dental Implant Center is rapidly expanding and looking for enthusiastic Dental Assistants to join our growing team. We are a leader in dental implant services, known for our exceptional patient care and innovative solutions. With over 45 locations across the country, Nuvia has been featured on major news outlets such as Yahoo Finance, ABC, and CBS. Nuvia's 50,000+ 5-star Google reviews make it an ideal career for any hard working dental assistant professional who enjoys helping patients through a life changing procedure. Role Overview: The dental assistant (surgical assistant) at Nuvia Dental Implant Center plays a crucial role in assisting our surgeons and restorative dentists so they can focus on giving our patients a premium service that is safe and memorable. Our dental assistants have a full scope of responsibility from assisting in setup, surgery, taking impressions and pouring molds, X-rays to placing orders and working with our patients.

Requirements

Registered Dental Assistant with all the proper certifications
Self Starter who works well as as a part of a team
Patient-centric with good communication skills
Outgoing and empathetic
Flexible and a quick learner
Great organizational skills and high level of office aptitude

Responsibilities

Live company core values
Taking impressions and pouring up molds
Taking patient photos
X-rays and Cone Beams
Setting up appointments in scheduling platform
Setting up and taking down operation rooms, ensuring that no one needs to leave the surgery room
Placing orders for basic and implant supplies
Adjusting and relining prosthesis
Assisting the doctor during a variety of surgical implant procedures
Delivering pre and post op instructions
Sterilization and daily cleaning
Managing patient expectations and delivering THE BEST patient care in the industry
Surgery prep and start: Prepare the instruments and patients for surgery and meet the surgeon and CRNA to review surgery expectations with the patient.
Assist the CRNA with the intubation process and assist with surgery
Morning huddle: Review the day's schedule and partner with your team to discuss specific patient needs.
Meet lab deadlines: Work efficiently and strategically to meet tight deadlines, ensuring patients receive their prosthetics within 24 hours.
Overcoming obstacles: Use your experience to problem solve daily, to include equipment challenges, patient delays, and any patient concerns, to keep processes running smoothly and give our patience a top tier experience.
Perform Circular task: Keep Nuvia looking and operating its best by performing circular tasks such as ordering supplies, sterilization, ensuring compliance, and handling lab requests or questions.
End of day: Once you finish making smiles for the day, complete all surgery reports. Prepare for the upcoming patients by reviewing patient charts, lab cases, and implants to create the action plan for the following day.