Job: Dental Assistant

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $19-$24/hr.

Location: Salida, CO.

Job Description:

About Us!

We're a growing dental office with an amazing view in a beautiful mountain town.

Are you looking for a position that will allow you to use all of your skills in a FUN, growing environment?

Seeking an outgoing and friendly team player. Must be great with people and have excellent communication skills.

Our patients always come first, and we strive to build relationships with them and our team!

Essential Duties:

• Record treatment information on the patient's chart
• Assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry
• Provide customer service support to patients
• Prepare all treatment rooms
• Review the patient’s medical history, progress from the previous visit, and the scheduled treatment plan with each patient.
• Take impressions
• Fabricate temporaries
• Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to take radiographs, including FMX, Pano, anterior PAs, and intraoral photos.
• Computer proficiency, Dentrix, preferred.
• Ability to work cooperatively with management, staff, and patients.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete tasks in a timely and independent manner.
• Minimum 1-year dental assistant experience
• EDDA certification or training is an asset

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• X-Ray Certification (Preferred)

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.