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Defiance Center for Dentistry Dental Assistant Expanded in Defiance, Ohio
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Expanded Functions Dental Assistant -- EFDA $3,000 Signing Bonus & Full Benefits Included!
Defiance Center for Dentistry is looking for an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant to join our team.
- As an Expanded Duties Dental Assistant at a Heartland Dental supported office, you will organize and maintain lab equipment, take and develop X-rays and provide comprehensive post-operative dental procedures to patients.
About Defiance Center for Dentistry
Defiance, like each Heartland Dental supported office, is unique to the community and the patients they serve.
- Join a 5 person team that thrives on collaboration, communication and community
- Rotating Schedule: Monday-Thursday and the following week Tuesday-Friday.
Additional responsibilities of the Expanded Duties Dental Assistant include:
- Taking and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs
- Assisting the dentist in managing dental emergencies
- Improving your clinical skills and acumen through participation in continuing education and training opportunities offered by Heartland Dental
Requirements:
Job Requirement - Expanded Duties Dental Assistant -- EDDA -- Dental Assistant:
As an Expanded Duties Dental Assistant, you must have a positive and outgoing personality, exceptional interpersonal verbal and written communication skills, excellent patient care skills and strong organizational skills. Additional requirements for the Expanded Duties Dental Assistant include:
- Superior working knowledge of dental procedures and terminology
- Ability to build rapport with patients
- Good manual dexterity
- Computer proficiency and the ability to learn new programs
- Ability to travel at least once every other month for training, occasionally overnight
- Dental assisting school certificate is a plus
- Previous work experience in a dental practice is a plus
We put our people first at Heartland Dental, and that shows in our generous benefits package. Company retains the sole discretion to change the duties of the position at any time. We provide all employees and applicants for employment the protections of federal, state, and local laws affording equal opportunity in employment.