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This is a PERMANENT position with a growing dental practice. This team is supportive and provides in-depth training. They will consider candidates who are newly licensed and seeking to get their foot in the door!

Position Summary:

To assist in the performance of quality, caring clinical dentistry with attention to the comfort and safety needs of patients.

Key Responsibilities:

The dental assistant will assist the Dentist in both administrative and clinical duties that include chairside assisting with frequent bending, twisting and position changes while both sitting and standing. Skills include exceptional hand, eye coordination, strong computer skills with excellent communication and decision making abilities. Attention to detail with the ability to plan and organize work activities while working with a team to accomplish common goals.

Education and Experience:

Your education and experience may vary. The key characteristics we are seeking are aptitude, initiative and critical thinking.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

State licensure and/or certification, radiology certification, CPR certificate and possible DANB certificate

There is office paid training for continuing education.

Key Competencies:

Adaptability: Adapts quickly to change and easily considers new approaches.

• Remains flexible and open to new ideas and encourages others to value change.
• Understands changes in work tasks, situations, and environment as well as the basis for change.
• Persists towards solutions and goals in changing circumstances.
• Acknowledges new information and adjusts responses accordingly.
• Adjusts timelines, results and expectations appropriately to changing needs.
• Overcomes obstacles to achieve results.
• Thinks and acts effectively under pressure.
• Identifies ways to incorporate new practices into existing framework.

Initiative: Identifies opportunities and issues, and proactively acts and follows through on work activities to capitalize or resolve them.

• Actively seeks and identifies opportunities to contribute to and achieve goals.
• Maintains a sense of purpose, value, and ownership of their work.
• Seizes opportunities when they arise.
• Maintains a level of energy and work activity to achieve goals.
• Works independently with little direction.

Teamwork: Works with and helps others to accomplish objectives.

• Participates willingly and effectively on team assignments and projects.
• Identifies areas of personal expertise and seeks out opportunities to lend expertise to working groups to maximize outcomes.
• Solicits input from team members.
• Fosters a working atmosphere conducive to collaborative efforts.
• Listens to constructive feedback and incorporates suggestions to achieve collective objectives.

Verbal Communication: The ability to express oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others.

• Speaks clearly and can be easily understood.
• Tailors the content of speech to the level and experience of the audience.
• Uses appropriate grammar and choice of words in oral speech.
• Organizes ideas clearly in oral speech.
• Expresses ideas concisely in oral speech.
• Maintains eye contact when speaking with others.
• Summarizes or paraphrases his/her understanding of what others have said to verify understanding and prevent miscommunication.

Written Communication: The ability to express oneself clearly in business writing.

• Expresses ideas clearly and concisely in writing.
• Organizes written ideas clearly and signals the organization to the reader (e.g., through an introductory paragraph or through use of headings).
• Tailors written communications to effectively reach an audience.
• Uses graphics and other aids to clarify complex or technical information.
• Spells correctly.
• Writes using concrete, specific language.
• Uses punctuation correctly.
• Writes grammatically.
• Uses an appropriate business writing style.

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