Pedo Specialty Registered Dental Assistant
About The Position
Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics is a rapidly expanding, multi-specialty dental group with over 100 award-winning doctors providing comprehensive dental services including general dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, and board-certified pediatric dental care across more than 50 locations in Texas and Colorado. Rodeo offers significant career growth opportunities, allowing team members to enhance their skills in all specialty procedures. With all specialties available at every Rodeo Dental office, it's an ideal environment for career advancement. The company encourages potential employees to 'GROW with US!'
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Must maintain an active Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) License registered with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE)
- 1 year of Pediatric Dental Assisting
- Active CPR and AED training
- Current certification to monitor Nitrous Oxide
- Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA and Infection Control training
Nice To Haves
- Pediatric Dental Assisting
- Dental practice management software (Open Dental/Dentrix) experience helpful
- Sealant, Coronal Polishing, or PALS Certifications are all a huge plus!
- Bilingual (Spanish) is preferred
- Ability to travel 10-15% of the time
- This position may require the employee to use his/her personal vehicle to travel to different work sites during the course of the work day, which means you would need an active, valid Driver’s License.
Responsibilities
- Focusing on Patient Safety and Team Safety as priority one
- Adhering to OSHA and Infection Control Protocols, and disposing of sharps and clinical waste in a prompt and safe manner
- Maintaining digital patient artifacts such as health history, insurance eligibility, treatment plans, pre-authorizations, lab requests, procedures, and appointment details
- Educating patients and parents on the benefits of good oral health
- Monitoring the patient's physical and emotional well-being during the entire visit
- Preparing tray set-ups according to doctor preferences and planned procedures
- Ensuring that exam rooms and operatories are cleaned, disinfected, organized, and stocked according to the required standards at the beginning and end of each patient interaction
- Charting existing treatment for new patients by updating the patient chart with entries for fillings, crowns, sealants, etc.
- Reviewing the patient chart and health history prior to the doctor arrival and reconfirming the patient's chief concern
- Taking diagnostic quality X-Rays and attaching them to the patient chart
- Helping the Rodeo Team clean surfaces, sinks, floors and common areas of exam rooms, operatories, reception, break rooms, restrooms, etc.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Benefits
- New Grads, start your careers with Rodeo!
- Growth and advancement opportunities in our specialty dentistry business lines, such as orthodontics and oral surgery, as well as in leadership roles
- PTO
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- Health Saving Account
- Supplement Life Insurance for you or your dependents
- 401(k)
- Accident
- Critical Illness
- Identity Protection
- Team Member Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
