Dental Assistant

Your Next Career Awaits! Become part of the family at our community-based practice! As a valuable member of our team, you’ll work to improve your patients’ oral health. You can make a difference in people’s lives by making them feel welcome & helping them to regain their smile & their confidence. We think of ourselves as a home rather than an office & believe in a sense of community. If you have a strong work ethic & are a good fit for our practice, we look forward to meeting you! Learn more today about getting started in an impactful & rewarding role at Smith Dental Care.

Smith Dental Care is hiring a Dental Assistant at our Hartwell location. We are a dental practice with soon-to-be 6 clinical office locations, open 7 days a week. Our full-time employees enjoy a schedule of 3 days per week, 12-hour shifts with 4 days off. One weekend day required.

Smith Dental Care is a company that prides itself on excellent customer service. Our goal is to make our patients feel cared for & welcome. We can teach job skills, so we look for candidates who are supportive, passionate, & always willing to learn. It truly takes a team & as we build each other up, we build up our patients, creating more trust & a positive environment. Though we have many offices we are all one team, growing like wildfire, & love to support one another. If you would like to grow in a career at Smith Dental Care, we encourage you to apply!

Duties you will learn to do:

• Sterilizing dental instruments & equipment for each patient
• Organizing & laying out instruments for dentist’s use
• Handing instruments & other materials to dentist during procedures
• Taking x-rays of patients’ teeth
• Taking impressions of patients’ teeth for casts
• Using suction & swabs to keep patients’ mouths clear & dry during procedures
• Applying topical anesthetic to patients’ mouths
• Make temporary crowns
• Obtaining patients’ dental records
• Questioning patients about their medical history & recording information for dentist’s reference
• Making patients feel comfortable before, during & after dental treatment

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills
• Motivated, team player
• Excellent communication
• Self-starter
• Willing to learn
• Punctual

Benefits:

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Hospital, Cancer & Life Insurance plans
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off

Pay: $12.30 – $23.00 per hour