Dental Assistant

Overview

Join our dental care team as a Dental Assistant and help patients feel informed, comfortable, and supported throughout their visits. You’ll prepare treatment rooms, assist clinicians during procedures, maintain accurate records, and help keep care areas clean and ready. Your impact: By supporting safe, organized appointments, you help clinicians focus on treatment and patients receive attentive care.

Duties

• Provide chairside assisting, including four-handed dentistry, for general dentistry and procedures such as endodontics, oral surgery, and prosthodontics.
• Prepare and maintain dental equipment, instruments, and treatment rooms; perform dental instrument processing, sterilization, and infection control using aseptic technique.
• Take dental X-rays and support medical imaging, including use of a 3D scanner, as directed and within applicable requirements.
• Record vital signs, update medical records and medical documentation, and support patient management software and front-desk tasks as needed.
• Explain visit steps, support pediatric dentistry appointments, and follow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements and clinical confidentiality policies.

Skills

• Essential: Dental assisting or dental clinic experience; patient care skills; knowledge of dental and medical terminology, anatomy, infection prevention management, healthcare infection prevention and control, and dental sterilization procedures.
• Familiarity with EMR (electronic medical record) systems and patient management software; Eaglesoft and Dentrix experience is useful.
• Ability to handle dental X-ray equipment and follow applicable safety procedures.
• Strong communication, organization, and patient management skills; dental receptionist experience is a plus.

Pay: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 8.0 – 35.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Caregiver leave
• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid sick time
• Parental leave
• Profit sharing

Experience:

• Dental assisting: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Tuckahoe, NY 10707 (Required)

Work Location: In person