Oral Surgery/Dental Assistant
hace 3 días
Medford
Job Description Busy Oral Surgery practice in Medford, NJ seeking a dependable oral surgery/dental assistant. Duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to: • Greeting and escorting patients to rooms, • Review medical and dental history with patients, report findings to doctor, • Prepare operatory rooms and consultation rooms, as needed, • Assist surgeon and staff with all surgical procedures, • Assist with patient’s local anesthesia and IV sedation, • Assist with preparing, cleaning, sterilizing, and maintaining surgical tools and equipment, • Follow infection control protocols to prevent cross-contamination, whenever possible, • Assist with the documentation of patient consultations, paper charts and EMR, • Work with surgeon to document/formulate treatment plan(s), • Assist with coordination of patient’s treatment with referring health provider, • Schedule patients appointments using CS WINOMS, • Take digital x-rays and CBCT, • Assist with ordering supplies needed to perform procedures, as necessary, • Assist with maintaining necessary logs (i.e. implant cases, bone, etc.), • Assist to develop and maintain list of present implant patients, • Update and prepare patient’s charts, before and after appointments, as necessary, • Follow through on assignments with minimal direction and supervision, • Handle surgical equipment carefully and safely, • Ability to control usage of supplies and equipment so as to minimize loss and maximize utilization, • Establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, including difficult patients and patient’s parents, • Safeguard patient privacy and confidentiality at all times
