Dental assistant
Gibsons Dental Centre Gambier Island, British Columbia
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 36 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Work setting- Dental practice
Tasks- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Train and supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory assistants
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
- Order dental and office supplies
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Design, fabricate or repair dental devices
- Maintain and order supplies
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Perform reception and clerical duties
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Finish metal framework of dentures
- Supervise students in training
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Take and develop X-rays
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Invoice patients for dental services
- Polish and buff dentures
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses - Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
Computer and technology knowledge- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Personal suitability- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability
Screening questions- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
Experience- 1 to less than 7 months
Health benefits- Dental plan
Other benefits- Transportation provided by employer
Salary: $25.00 hourly
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