Dental Assistant (Part-Time) Jobs

Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics is looking for an amazing Dental Assistant to join our awesome team!

At Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics we don’t just care for smiles, we create them.

We believe when kids grow up enjoying the dentist, healthy teeth and gums will follow. So we’ve set up a different kind of dental practice that delivers fun, not fear.

Our caring, high-energy team values the opportunity to work hard and help each child realize a lifetime of happy smiles.

As the key driver of our mission—to give every kid a healthy smile—our staff exhibits a genuine love of children and teeth. A good fit for our culture means you are also honest, playful, lighthearted, approachable, hardworking, and compassionate.

Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics is a northern California based practice that offers comprehensive services including preventive dental care, orthodontics and oral surgery for every gap-toothed, mischievous, silly, giggly smile. Our company sees only private-pay and PPO insured patients in beautiful private offices. Our staff enjoys competitive compensation and group benefits including group health, dental, vision, life/AD&D and a 401(k) savings plan.

SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary duty of the Dental Assistant is to assist in the overall delivery of care and to be an integral part of the patient care team by consistently delivering the most memorable and fun service experience possible for every patient, every day in every office.

Specific Responsibilities

• Hand off patient at check-out
• Clean, neat professional appearance
• Maintain safe and clean working environment
• Maintain strict compliance with all pertinent laws and regulations (HIPAA, OSHA, ADA, Dental Board, etc…)
• Document dental care services by charting in patient records
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Complete care calls and thank you cards
• Other duties as assigned Desired Background
• Prepare office with daily opening and closing duties
• Perform dental infection control procedures
• Dental Assistant Certification
• Perform all lab related procedures
• Knowledge of Dentrix a plus
• Prepare treatment area for patient by following procedures and protocols
• Upbeat personality is a MUST
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills
• Current CPR
• Assist the doctors during treatment procedures
• Travel to other office locations as required
• Loves working with children
• Assist in managing and controlling supply inventory
• Take x-rays
• Prepare patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting and seating patient