Dental Assistant - Pensacola
Now hiring Dental Assistants in Pensacola, FL.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepare patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping the patient
- Provide information to patients and employees by answering questions
- Support dental care delivery by preparing the treatment room, patient, instruments, and materials
- Assemble instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to the treatment area, positioning instruments for the dentist’s access, suctioning, and passing instruments
- Provide materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient’s mouth
- Provide diagnostic information
- Maintain patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations and cleaning and polishing removable appliances
- Help the dentist manage dental and medical emergencies
- Educate patients on giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative instructions
- Documents dental care
- Keeps information confidential
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment
- Ensure operation of dental equipment by completing preventative maintenance requirements, following manufacturer instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment
PAY | $17+/hr. Depending On Experience
SCHEDULE | Office hours are Monday-Saturday, 7am-7pm. Hiring for part time and full time.
REQUIREMENTS | Must pass pre-employment background check and drug screen. Dental experience required.
TEL Staffing complies with regulations enforced by the EEOC. TEL Staffing is a drug-free workplace.
This position is Temp to Hire. No benefits are offered during the Temp period