Dental Hygiene Assistant - West Babylon, NY

Babylon Dental Care•West Babylon, NY

2d•$18 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

Become a part of the dynamic and vibrant team at Babylon Dental Care, where the focus extends beyond dental care to making a profound impact on our community and enhancing the lives of our patients. As a foundational provider of general, specialty dental services, and Sleep/Airway Disorder treatments, Babylon Dental Care is recognized for its commitment to excellence, compassion, and unmatched patient care. We are currently seeking a Hygiene Assistant to infuse new energy into our Hygiene team. Our Great South Bay location in West Babylon, NY is a welcoming and warm environment, intentionally designed to promote collaboration and foster creativity. The intention of this role is to create everyday service success, while offering opportunities for growth and advancement, if desired by the professional. Why Babylon Dental Care? A Caring Legacy: Step into a role where your work directly contributes to a legacy of exceptional dental care and community service. Privately owned, we honor all who want to serve. Collaborative Practice Environment: Enjoy an environment created to foster and motivate all to learn the basics of service. Our team works together to help one another serve our patients with the highest quality of care. We recognize and appreciate the wholehearted professional you feel called to be. Growth and Development: At Babylon Dental Care, your professional development is paramount. We invest in each team member's growth, ensuring that your career flourishes with us. What you can expect: A fast-paced, challenging, and exciting work atmosphere where everyone is focused on making you successful and happy in your role. Training! We will train you to become a great Hygiene Assistant and our (very unique) Global Training program allows you to see how/what all departments do to support you in your role. Some of our Hygiene Assistants have moved into roles as Dental Assistants, Hygienists, Ortho Assistants and even Clinical Administrators. We give plenty of support and we’re with you every step of the way! You start your BDC journey with a 15 day Global Training and your own Ambassador to walk you through it all. Our intention during the beginning days is to introduce you to BDC's entire service, culture mindset and give you customized and or individualized training needed to master your role as a Hygiene Assistant. What we will ask of you: Commitment to Babylon Dental Care and the patients we serve. Teamwork and a willingness to learn every day! This role can be your stepping stone to success and professional growth within our practice! The sky’s the limit! Our hygiene department is very busy so we need someone who is: Reliable and team orientated. Out of the box thinker and collaborative to support the teams' growth. Empathic and compassionate. Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment. Comfortable in patient communication and connection. Open to learn all about technologies that will enhance our patient care and service. Self motivated and takes initiative without constant direction. Calm under pressure, strong communicator. We expect you to be personally responsible for being on-time and present for every shift you work, and always willing to go the extra mile for our patients! Knowledge of Dentrix Ascend (or other dental software) would be helpful in setting you up for success, but not mandatory. Ability and open to learn our dental software. If you have dental experience, great! If not, any customer service or experience in the hospitality industry may be relatable to our practice needs and help you succeed in this role.

Requirements

Reliable and team orientated.
Out of the box thinker and collaborative to support the teams' growth.
Empathic and compassionate.
Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
Comfortable in patient communication and connection.
Open to learn all about technologies that will enhance our patient care and service.
Self motivated and takes initiative without constant direction.
Calm under pressure, strong communicator.
We expect you to be personally responsible for being on-time and present for every shift you work, and always willing to go the extra mile for our patients!
Ability and open to learn our dental software.
3 or more years experience in a customer service environment.
Flexibility in regards to scheduling. Our office is open 6 days a week, including early morning, late evenings, and some holidays.
Experience providing exceptional hospitality-inspired customer service in a fast paced environment.
Excellent attention to detail and high follow through.
A positive, friendly, and enthusiastic attitude.
Outstanding teamwork skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of people.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Dentrix Ascend (or other dental software) would be helpful in setting you up for success, but not mandatory.
If you have dental experience, great! If not, any customer service or experience in the hospitality industry may be relatable to our practice needs and help you succeed in this role.
Bi-lingual in English and Spanish welcomed.

Responsibilities

Assisting in opening or closing clinical side to Practice.
Calling patients in from reception for treatment.
Conduct patient experience tours, interview and give new patient notecards.
Responsible in taking x-rays/wellness scans.
Set up Hygiene rooms for next patient care appointment.
Break down rooms after care, following all OSHA protocols.
Taking impressions, making whitening trays and night guards.
Delivering whitening trays/night guards to patients with care instructions.
Sterilization duties and following all OSHA protocols.
Lab clean up, when needed.
Following Practice closing procedures.
Filling out daily log sheets.
Honor and enhance patient relationships.
Follow Practice radio SOP.
Comfortable with keeping up to date with email communications as the day goes on.
Mentoring new team members when comfortable and can create value.
Comfortable to ask a happy patient to share their feedback online in a review, or refer a friend to the Practice if they know anyone looking for a new dental home.
Proudly sharing our service with others.
Work collaboratively with the entire Practice to meet or exceed monthly goals so all can receive their check exercise!