Registered Dental Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Possesses work-related skills at a higher level than completion of high school, including formal written and verbal communications skills, computational and computer skills, mathematical, technical or health care related knowledge frequently acquired through completion of a trade school, para-professional, or certificate type program.
• Must have proof of completing a Radiation Safety Course.
• Ability to prepare more complex documents in Microsoft Word, including creating tables, charts, graphs and other elements.
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel to review and compile data, including the use of formulas, functions, lookup tables and other standard spreadsheet elements.
• Ability to create basic presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Requires a Dental Assistant certification.
• Valid CA driver’s license.
• Job duties require the compilation of information prepared in effective written form, including correspondence, reports, articles or other documentation.
• Effectively conveys technical information to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and monitoring patient flow in the back office.
• Scrubbing appointments in advance to ensure proper lab cases, finances, and information is available for the patient visit.
• Assisting in the distribution of patients among dental providers, including walk-ins.
• Keeping patients informed of wait times and ensuring patients are properly flowed in the system.
• Understanding general front office workflows and being able to step in to support the front office when needed, and schedule patient appointments.
• Performing various initial aspects of the patient visit.
• Greeting patients in the reception area and escorting the patient to the dental operatory.
• Obtaining vital signs and patient data.
• Reviewing health record with the patient and updating clinical information such as current medications, allergies, medical and surgical histories.
• Performing documentation in the patient’s electronic health record according to policy and training.
• Assuring completion of consent forms and signatures.
• Operation of dental radiographic equipment for the purpose of oral radiography.
• Disinfecting/preparing the operatory, and setting up trays and dental armamentarium for treatment.
• Performing supportive dental procedures under general supervision of a dentist.
• Sterilizing instruments under infection control protocol.
• Assisting the dentist during a variety of dental treatment procedures: charting, restorative, prosthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics and pedodontics.
• Assuring patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment.
• Providing patients with instructions for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment procedures.
• Providing oral health education and oral hygiene instruction as needed.
• Explaining as necessary dental treatment or procedures to the patient when questions are asked.
• Taking impressions for diagnostic and opposing models, bleaching trays, temporary crowns and bridges, and sports guards with proper pour-ups.
• Applying non-aerosol and non-caustic topical agents.
• Removing post-extraction and periodontal dressings.
• Applying topical fluoride, after scaling and polishing by the dentist/RDA.
• Placing and removing rubber dams.
• Placing wedge and removing matrices.
• Performing other duties as assigned or required for quality of care.
• Communicating with patients and suppliers (i.e., scheduling appointments, ordering supplies, coordinating equipment repairs, etc.).
• Preparing and stocking dental operatories and monitoring adequate supplies in stock.
• Discarding of Biohazard waste and sharps.
• Accountable for weekly testing and weekly/monthly cleaning of sterilization equipment.
• Responsible for daily and weekly cleaning of water lines in the dental operatory units.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate and timely logs.
• Assisting in other operatories or in front office if time allows or need is determined by the supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned.