Dental Assistant Vacancy

Our practice is looking for a Dental Assistant to work full time shifts at a private dental facility in Vereeniging (Gauteng).

You will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms and dental hygiene tasks. To do well in this role you should provide a great level of patient care.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Preparing patients for dental work

• Helping with infection control by sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures

• Assisting dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies when necessary

• Assisting dental hygienists with procedures when necessary

• Providing excellent patient care

• Recording treatment information in patient records

• Exposing dental x-rays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental x-ray equipment

• Giving patients information on dental hygiene, oral health care, and plaque control programs

• Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs

• Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist

• Caring for dental equipment

• Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts

• Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory

• Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Valid registration with HPCSA as a Dental Assistant

• Grade12

• Completion of Dental Hygiene Program

• Experience using computers for a variety of tasks

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Consistently professional appearance and attitude

• Excellent patient care skills

Working hours

Monday to Friday 08:30am to 17:00pm

Saturdays 08:30am to 13:00 pm

Salary to be discussed on the interview

Interested candidate

If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the requirements, forward your resume to qdentalsa@gmail.com