Job Description

Dental Assistant

JOB-10043039

Anticipated Start Date

November 18, 2024

Location

Bronx, NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Dental Assistant. You will be responsible to the operation of dental practice by providing support to dentists, assisting with patient care, and performing a range of clinical and administrative tasks.

Job Description

• Assists in providing dental services including: preparing patients for exam/treatment; sterilizing instruments, maintaining equipment, mixing amalgams, cements, composites, taking dental x-rays, maintaining records, performing assigned lab procedures. 

Skills Required

• At least 1 year of experience in role.
• Experience as a receptionist or clerk in a dentist's office is not acceptable towards meeting the qualification requirements.

Education/Training/Certifications

• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by a course of study consisting of at least 600 instructional hours at an approved school for Dental Assistants.
• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent, including or supplemented by a course of study consisting of at least 300 instructional hours at an approved school for Dental Assistants plus six months full-time satisfactory experience as a Dental Assistant performing all the following duties: taking, developing, and mounting dental radiographs, assisting dentist at chairside, sterilizing dental instrument using autoclave; or
• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent plus one year of full-time satisfactory experience as a Dental Assistant performing the duties described in 2 above; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to 1, 2, or 3 above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent.

Additional Requirements

• 3 shifts: Monday-Friday & Saturdays, rotating hours required
  • 8 am to 4 pm
  • 9 am to 5pm
  • 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

Pay Rate

• $33.00 per hour
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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