About the position Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry is looking for a Part Time Dental Assistant II at our Wakefield and Durham location working Tuesday and Thursdays! This role offers a chance to build long-lasting relationships with patients and co-workers by helping them smile. The company emphasizes sincerity, mastery of skills with on-the-job training, integrity, laughter and love, and excellent compensation, employee perks, and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Assists the dentist in providing dental treatment
• Functions as a treatment coordinator and prepares and presents treatment plan to patients
• Schedules patient appointment to accommodate potential obstacles
• Maintains dental instruments, supplies and equipment
• Collects and records patient health histories
• Assists with patient management during dental procedures
• Completes Instrument cleaning & sterilization and post-op sanitization of treatment rooms
• Prepares dental materials and equipment as needed for the scheduled treatment
• Completes dental charting
• Is responsible for inventory supply and other ancillary duties

Requirements

• DAII Training or equivalent
• CPR certified, or will become CPR certified within 30 days of hire
• Ability to professionally present clinical information regarding treatment plans and insurance information to patients
• Regular and timely attendance
• Ability to demonstrate independent thinking and exercise good judgment ability to formulate, affect, interpret, and/or implement operating practices
• Ability to demonstrate a teamwork approach to job responsibilities
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, dependability and promptness
• Must perform frequent repetitive work with attention to detail
• Must have the ability to be flexible and accept different work assignments within the practice, including traveling to other locations, with a positive approach
• Ability to follow instructions and takes responsibility for own actions
• Ability to exercise confidentiality with Patients and patient care
• Must listen attentively for clarification to ensure necessary outcomes
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure manuals, and written correspondence
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred 2-5 years of Dental Assistant experience
• Achieved CDA certification, or completed radiological equivalency exam through NC State Board of Dental Examiners, or completed CODA-accredited dental assisting program
• Knowledge of Eaglesoft and/or Denticon software a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401k
• Bonus plan
• 100% paid for benefits such as telemedicine
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance
• Annual Vegas-themed holiday party