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Dental Assistant Vacancy
Reason for Reporting
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
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