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Dental Hygiene Assistant
The Hygiene Assistant works directly with the Hygienist and is responsible for, but not limited to the following:
- Assist Hygienist in all aspects of patient care
- Greet and seat patients
- Keep hygiene rooms clean and orderly
- Set up operatories for next patient
- Review patient charts for the day with Hygienist
- Work with Patient Care Coordinator to schedule hygiene patients with efficiency
- Relay pertinent information to dentist upon patient exam
- Maintain a supply of inventory for hygiene treatment
- Record a comprehensive periodontal exam on each patient as dictated by the Hygienist
- Explain scheduled treatment to patient
- Expose, process, and mount dental x-rays
- Call on post-operative patients
- Provide post-treatment instructions and materials to patients
- Sterilize instruments
- Use downtime to aid dental team members (packaging instruments, lab duties, filing)
- Record patient treatment notes legibly
- Make patient recall calls to fill hygiene schedule as necessary
- Assist Patient Care Coordinator and Office Manager with telephone, filing, processing insurance claims, new patient letters and other administrative duties when necessary
The ideal candidate for this position will have 1+ year of hygiene assisting experience. The ideal candidate will be energetic, professional and be willing to go the extra mile to assure patient satisfaction. Excellent communication skills are required.
If you are interested in our Dental Hygiene Assistant position please contact Wanda Marinic at marinic@manushealth.com, by phone at 312-274-3333 or by fax at 312-640-0164.
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