Job description

Dental Assistant in Clermont, FL

Job Highlights

• $24/hr
• Per Diem
• Location: Clermont, FL
• Weekly Pay

Requirements

• Dental Assistant diploma
• Must have at least 6 months of experience
• BLS/CPR - Must have hands-on component
• TB test
• Background
• Drug Screen

Responsibilities

• Ensures a welcoming and well-prepared treatment room for patients by meticulously following prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and
  draping patient.
• Serves as a key communicator within the practice, providing valuable information
  and support to both patients and colleagues through responsive interactions.
• Provides instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area;
  positioning instruments for dentist's access; suctioning; passing instruments.
• Provides materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in
  the patient's mouth.
• Provides diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies,
  pouring, trimming, and polishing study casts.
• Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary
  restorations; cleaning and polishing removable appliances.
• Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR
  certification, emergency drug and oxygen supply, and emergency telephone
  directory.
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative
  instructions.
• Documents dental care services by charting in patient records.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information
  confidential.
• Demonstrates dedication to upholding a safe and hygienic work environment by
  strictly adhering to established procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and
  protocols.
• Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to
  accomplish job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational
  workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks;
  participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Healthcare setting:

• Dental office

Medical specialties:

• Dentistry, Periodontics, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Pediatrics