What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Front Office Associate/Dental Assistant (Hybrid role) position at ESPIRE DENTAL PRACTICE LLC?
At Espire, you’re empowered to use your powers. You’ll have the freedom from all the barriers, limitations, and frustrations that keep you from focusing on patient care. We’re combining the world’s best dental care and technology with inspired hospitality. If you’re amazing and you’d like to have fun, be your best, and spread confidence and joy one smile at a time, it would be a pleasure to hear from you. Be part of something unique and use your powers for good.
Who You Are:
A passionate dental professional who loves what they do. You have a willingness to build trusting relationships with team members and patients while providing the best patient outcome and inspired hospitality.
What You Bring:
- Must love people, working in teams, and demonstrate an aptitude for having fun, leading bravely, and creating greatness
- A demonstrated commitment to an exemplary employee and patient experience
- Prior experience in the dental industry a plus
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of dental practice operations and management
- Familiarity or experience with dental practice management systems
- Willingness to build trust to achieve results
What You Will Be Doing:
- Hybrid Front Office/Dental Assisting position
- Greeting and welcoming patients to the practice.
- Scheduling, rescheduling, or canceling appointments as needed.
- Assisting patients to fill out information forms.
- Preparing patients’ charts and daily schedules for the dental staff.
- Updating patient records and documenting recent treatments and procedures.
- Scheduling follow-up appointments and providing telephonic reminders.
- Communicating with medical insurance providers to determine if patients are required to make co-payments.
- Verifying methods of payment and collecting payments as needed.
- Performing general office duties, such as answering telephones, photocopying, filing, and faxing.
- Preparing patients for dental work.
- Helping with infection control by sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures.
- Assisting dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies when necessary.
- Assisting dental hygienists with procedures when necessary.
- Providing great patient care.
- Recording treatment information in patient records.
- Exposing dental x-rays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental x-ray equipment.
- Giving patients information on dental hygiene, oral health care, and plaque control programs.
- Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs.
- Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist.
- Caring for dental equipment.
- Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
- Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory.
- Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
What You Will Get from Us:
- Flexible work schedule, including part-time and full-time opportunity
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical and vision insurance options
- Company-sponsored short-term disability benefits
- Voluntary long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance options
- 401(k) savings plan
- Equity Incentive Plan
- Paid time off
- A company that values its team members and overall patient experience in a fun environment
- A company that has been voted Top Dental Office year over year
Salary : $18 - $23