Travel Dental Assistant
About The Position
This full-time position provides dental treatment to patients in long-term care facilities, working with the dentist (DDS), clinical schedulers, nursing staff, and facility staff to meet patient and facility needs. The role includes traveling two weeks each month to nursing homes across South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and northern Alabama, and spending the other two weeks in the Greenville, South Carolina area. The home market also involves driving within a radius of up to two to three hours. Travel expenses are covered, and the company reimburses the cost of obtaining required licensure in additional states. The Dental Assistant transports, sets up, and takes down dental equipment and supplies; coordinates charts with nursing-home contacts; records treatment notes at the time of care; maintains equipment; manages supply inventory and orders; and ships and receives denture cases from the lab. The position includes paid time for driving beyond the normal commute and mileage reimbursement. A portion of each day is worked from home.
Requirements
- Three to five years of clinical experience as a chairside Dental Assistant.
- Valid driver's license with no moving violations in the last five years.
- Willingness to travel within a three-hour radius.
- Own reliable transportation.
- X-ray certification.
Responsibilities
- Assist the DDS with providing treatment to patients in long-term care facilities.
- Work with clinical schedulers, nursing staff, and facility staff to ensure facility needs are met.
- Travel to nursing homes in the stated service area and work in the Greenville, South Carolina area.
- Transport, set up, and take down equipment and supplies in the facility-designated workspace.
- Coordinate charts with contacts at nursing homes.
- Enter chart notes at the time of treatment.
- Clean and maintain dental equipment regularly.
- Inventory supplies and order them as needed.
- Ship and receive denture cases from the lab daily.
- Drive within the home market, which may extend up to a two- to three-hour radius.
Benefits
- Travel expenses covered.
- Reimbursement for the cost of obtaining licensure in additional states needed.
- Mileage reimbursement and partial paid drive time.
- A portion of each day working from home.
- PTO and paid holidays for full-time employees.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Company match for HSA.
- FSA.
- Company-paid EAP.
- Life and disability insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
