Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

• Is able to “get along” well with fellow staff members. Treats all with respect and courtesy
• Is emotionally and mentally mature, able to engender trust, and always ready to listen
• Can work well in teams of co-workers.
• Can accept constructive criticism.
• Is skilled in typing and using computer software
• Has a desire and ability to work well with the public.
• Is organized, motivated, committed and self-directed.
• Has a positive attitude about the practice, the services provided and the products sold.
• Ability to communicate - expresses thoughts and ideas competently.
• Able to quickly grasp relevant concepts regarding duties and responsibilities.
• Has dependable job attendance and can be relied on to follow through with assigned tasks.

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do detailed work, using arms, hands, and fingers to manipulate the required office equipment. The employee intermittently is required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, bend and reach throughout the day. Good eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity is needed. Specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The employee may occasionally have to move light equipment or bags of stone up to 30 pounds.
Skills:
Knows how to work with (or willing to be trained to work with): Autoclave, model trimmer, ultrasonic, digital camera, computers, iTero scanner, and miscellaneous lab and technology equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Fast-paced busy practices. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Since everyone within the practices works on a time schedule governed by patient’s appointments, the work and general environment can become somewhat hectic at times. Therefore, it is essential that the employee is able to, both physically and emotionally, effectively handle the normal anxieties associated with the job.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Knowledge:
Knows how to administer CPR. Thorough understanding of cross contamination and how to prevent it. Keeps informed and updated on OSHA regulations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Other Duties:

• Seat patients in designated treatment rooms in a timely fashion
• Pour and trim study models
• Review medical history, progress from the previous visit, if applicable, and the scheduled treatment plan with each patient
• Inform the doctor when the patient is ready
• Assist the doctor by passing instruments, mixing materials and medicaments
• Record treatment rendered in the patient's chart and charge out all procedures
• Escort patients to the business area for financial follow-up and re‐scheduling
• Monitor all incoming and outgoing lab cases

Daily Maintenance:

• Prepare all chairs in advance for each patient
• Decontaminate all treatment rooms and sterilize all instruments after each patient appointment
• Change all chemical solutions, i.e., disinfectant soaks and sprays, sterilant, ultrasonic, presoak

Help maintain cleanliness of entire office

• Clean and flush vacuum traps
• Clean and lubricate hand pieces, restock laboratory and clinical support areas
• Clean sharp instruments and handles hazardous chemicals in a safe manner

Routine Maintenance:

• General house cleaning (drawers, cabinets, carpet)
• Order supplies
• Maintain plaster trap and lab counter areas
• Participate in rotating monthly office staff duty of going through safety checklist and doing intensive cleaning of staff lounge (chart is posted in staff lounge)
• Support front office duties (answering phones, scheduling patients, processing payments, seating patients, facilitating patient questions)
• Additional or different duties may be assigned from time to time

Dynamic office with 3 locations.

Company Description

Dynamic office with 3 locations.

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