Career Opportunities
Lead Dental Assistant
The Lead Dental Assistant prepares patients for oral examinations and assists other dental team members when necessary. The Lead Dental Assistant is responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
- Supervise other Dental Assistants within the practice
- Monitor and order supplies while staying within practice budget
- Schedule hours of other Dental Assistants within the practice
- Greet and escort patients to treatment rooms
- Explain scheduled treatment to patient
- Set-up and clean treatment room before and after each patient
- Review patient charts for the day
- Accurately prepare trays for treatment according to patient's treatment plan
- Sterilize instruments
- Maintain Equipment
- Check patient charts and laboratory work orders on a daily basis
- Assist the doctor/hygienist when necessary
- Prepare necessary treatment materials
- Record dental needs, services rendered, and fees involved
- Call on post-operative patients
- Provide post-treatment instructions and materials to patients
- Take, process, and mount x-rays
- Take alginate impressions, pour-up impressions into models
- Fabricate bleaching trays
- Make temporary crowns
- Prepare cases for shipment to laboratory and check-in returning cases
- Assist Patient Care Coordinator with telephone, filing, processing insurance claims, new patient letters and other administrative duties
The ideal candidate for this position will have 2+ year of dental assisting experience. A certificate in Dental Assisting is preferred, but not required. The ideal candidate will be energetic, professional, and be willing to go the extra mile to assure patient satisfaction. Excellent communication skills and computer experience are required.
If you are interested in our Lead Dental 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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