Dental Assistant Job at Witt/Kieffer in Silver Spring

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Category Dental Assistant

Description

Job Description

Job Title: Dental Assistant

Reports To: Managing Dentist/Office Manager

Summary: Responsible for assisting the dentist in clinical treatment of patients.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Attend and contribute to daily huddle.
• Attend and contribute to bi-weekly training.
• Write clearly, concisely, logically, and legibly.
• Demonstrate accuracy in spelling and basic math.
• Speak, understand, and write grammatically correct English.
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of dentistry.
• Facilitate interoffice team communication with respectful and constructive problem solving techniques.
• Understand and respect the behavior, attitude and beliefs in congruence with the values and vision of the practice.
• Maintain a clean and uncluttered environment in the work area.
• Focus conversations with patients and the patient or dentistry, avoiding personal problems or gossip.
• Educate patients at every opportunity.
• Greet each patient with a smile as welcomed guests to the practice.
• Meet and greet all patients as welcomed guests to the practice.
• Introduce each new patient to other team members (2-1 Transfer).
• Listen to each patient's needs.
• Promote treatment plans and encourage patients to begin treatment.
• Maintain an outgoing, friendly attitude with patients and team member at all times.
• Ask each patient for a referral.
• Complete tasks within given time frames.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Answer questions from patient and team members cheerfully.
• Contribute to team spirit.
• Combine efficiency, productivity, and caring for patients in all actions.
• Demonstrate exceptional human relation skills.
• Dress according to office policy.
• Monitor key indicators each day to evaluate attainment of its goals.
• Complete a tem action plan at the end of every meeting.
• Resolve conflict among team members quickly and fairly.
• Maintain a professional demeanor at all times.
• Answer the telephone by the third ring in a warm, friendly voice identifying the office, self and asking 'How may I help you?'
• Charge out procedure and electronically send claims.
• Maintain and assist the Doctor with clinical notes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Clinical Tasks:

• Maintain patient comfort and be sensitive to patient's real or imagined fear of being alone in the treatment room.
• Oversee supplies and equipment.
• Possess exceptional human relation skills.
• Ability to work with interruptions and manage multiple tasks.
• Demonstrate exceptional manual dexterity.
• Ability to complete tasks within time frame.
• Turn on and off each day the x-ray machine, compressor, lights, water, nitrous and oxygen tanks, and suction system.
• Use gloves, mask, eyewear, and lab coat with every patient.
• Sterilize hygiene instruments and operative instruments.
• Set up and break down rooms.
• Disinfect room and equipment after each patient.
• Place barriers on equipment in accordance with OSHA guidelines.
• Introduce patient to Doctor enthusiastically.
• Use intraoral camera to educate patients..
• Follow Doctor's recommendation for patient's treatment plan.
• Cross train in other areas of the office.
• Maintain equipment - suction lines & traps.
• Keep abreast of products, services, and treatments
• Attend continuing education courses annually.
• Enter complete treatment plan into each chart.
• Call each patient after difficult treatment.
• Be sure treatment room is ready, stocked and disinfected before a patient is brought to the room.
• Greet patient and introduce yourself when bringing the to the treatment room.
• Review and update patient health history, dental history and dental charting at each visit.
• Collect preliminary data prior to Doctor's initial exam which would include necessary x-rays, full mouth charting - including complete periodontal charting and Oral cancer screening.
• Educate patients as to the condition of their oral health, their options for treatment, what to expect with/without treatment - guiding them to an informed decision. (NOTE: Dental Assistants cannot diagnose, but are knowledgeable enough to inform patients of what the Doctor might recommend for treatment.)
• Administer fluoride treatments.
• Maintain inventory and place oral hygiene supplies to be ordered.
• Try not to leave your patient unattended in the chair.
• Accurately chart all procedures performed including date, services, necessary clinical notes (i.e. prognosis, treatment option, etc.), procedures and time needed for next visit and your initials.

Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time

Position Dental Assistant

Close Date

Location Fenton Family Dental Silver Spring

About the Organization Fenton Family Dental is a family-owned business with two (2) locations: Silver Spring, MD and Clinton, MD.

We have a great cause here at FFD: 'To conveniently take care of the oral health of working families.'

Fenton Family Dental's Brand Commitment:

'A visit to Fenton Family Dental evokes a feeling similar to seeing a flash-mob dance troupe perform in loving honor of the patient.

The learning, the advanced planning, and the caring are so evident that it makes patients frequently say out loud: 'Wow!'

Fenton Family Dental thrives as a business because all of our team members are learners and teachers in the business and in their lives.

We also use our hours to attract new customers and retain the old ones.

Convenience, like coordination, energizes our efforts to give patients value.'

Fenton Family Dental's Core Values are:

Love

Learn

Thrive

Teach

We take great care of our employees by offering great benefits after our 90 day probationary period: Health Care benefits through Kaiser Permanente, 401K with a 4% match, 6 paid holidays, and Paid Time Off.

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