Career Opportunities
Dental Administrative Team Leader
The Administrative Team Leader has total operational responsibility.
This person will ensure the practice provides extraordinary patient
service in the most cost effective manner while meeting the highest
quality standards. This person is responsible to lead the practice
by encouraging teamwork and holding the team and the doctor accountable
for financial success. This person must develop action plans
with team members and doctors to ensure goals are being met and
exceeded; ensure that all daily/monthly reports are accurate
and completed in a timely manner; conduct monthly staff training
to ensure that we are continually teaching, challenging, and
developing team members to be the best they can be; facilitate
communication process between each area of the practice; and
to inspire team members to take responsibility for their practice
as if it were their very own.
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Front Desk Receptionist
The Front Desk Receptionist serves as the focal point for the
dental appointment system. The receptionist answers the telephone
and makes appointments for patients according to the established
practice protocols; greets patients as they come in, checks patients
in and update all personal and insurance information; establishes
and maintains patient records files, retrieves and monitors the
location of dental records; generates paperwork to register patients
for services; and triage appointments for staff.
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Hygiene Assistant
The Hygiene Assistant assists the Registered Dental Hygienist
and/or the Dentist during treatment and examination of patients
by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.
Prepare operatory for patient care by cleaning, sanitizing and
maintaining instruments and equipment; prepare patient for hygiene
exam by greeting the patient, escorting the patient to the treatment
room, and making them feel at-ease and comfortable to build rapport;
take and record medical and dental histories and updated personal
information in patient's chart; take and expose dental diagnostic
x-rays; inform the hygienist when patient is ready for prophylaxis;
assist the hygienist in suctioning, periodontic exams and new
patient periodontic screening; polish, floss and administer fluoride
treatment and other recognized topical agents for the prevention
of oral disease for patients after the hygienist completes scaling;
assist the dentist and hygienist with patient exam, dental and
periodontal charting; and end the treatment visit by reinforcing
the treatment plan, providing preventive education and escorting
the patient back to the front reception area.
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Hygienist
Dental Hygienists remove soft and hard deposits from teeth,
teach patients how to practice good oral hygiene, and provide
other preventive dental care. Hygienists examine patients' teeth
and gums, recording the presence of diseases or abnormalities.
They remove calculus, stains, and plaque from teeth; perform
root planing as a periodontal therapy; take and develop dental
x-rays; and apply cavity-preventive agents such as fluorides
and pit and fissure sealants. Although hygienists may not diagnose
diseases, they can prepare clinical and laboratory diagnostic
tests for the dentist to interpret. Hygienists sometimes work
chairside with the dentist during treatment.
Dental hygienists also help patients develop and maintain good
oral health. For example, they may explain the relationship between
diet and oral health or inform patients how to select toothbrushes
and show them how to brush and floss their teeth.
Dental hygienists use hand and rotary instruments and ultrasonics
to clean and polish teeth, x-ray machines to take dental pictures,
syringes with needles to administer local anesthetics, and models
of teeth to explain oral hygiene.
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Dental Assistant
Dental assistants are responsible for working directly with
dentists while patients receive treatment. They review and maintain
patients' charts, pass instruments to the dentist during procedures,
sterilize instruments, make temporary crowns and impressions
of teeth for study models, polish patients' teeth, and take and
develop X-rays. They also assist with tasks such as scheduling
appointments and ordering supplies.
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Financial Coordinator
The Treatment/Financial Coordinator is a professional, organized,
reliable, team player who plays a vital role in the practice.
The Treatment/Financial Coordinator educates the patient about
their treatment plan, after the dentist has diagnosed and reviewed
the treatment with a patient; continuously researches and forms
working relationships with outside patent care financing companies
in order to give our patients a wide range of viable financial
options; determines insurance benefits that apply to treatment
plans and estimate patient co-pay amounts; assists patients with
dental insurance; presents fees and gives estimates of treatment;
works with accounts receivable; generates end of day reports;
monitors treatment plans and case acceptance; and implements
financial policies.
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Hygiene Coordinator
The Hygiene Coordinator is responsible for performing all functions
of the front office as they relate to developing, coordinating
and maintaining a productive hygiene schedule. As a Dental Hygiene
Coordinator, you will play an important role in making and confirming
dental hygiene appointments. The Dental Hygiene Coordinator will
interact with the practice team members and patients to maintain
a productive hygiene schedule. You will be required to schedule,
reschedule, and reactivate patients to maximize the hygiene department
production. You will use a computer and Dentrix scheduling software.
This position will require excellent organizational, telephone
and patient service skills. The practice retains the right to
revise the job duties at any time. Other duties may be assigned.
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