What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Treatment Coordinator position at West Coast Dental?
Company Description
Are you a motivated self-starter looking for professional and personal fulfillment in your career? Do you want to be part of an organization that is interested in your professional growth? Seeking a group that's dedicated to both quality care for its patients and a positive work place for its team members?
Welcome to West Coast Dental!
With 31 "state of the art" dental offices that operate like a group practice in a private practice setting, West Coast Dental has been offering dental care services to the communities of California and Washington states. Each office location is tailored around the community in which it is built-each captures the essence and needs of the surrounded culture.
Job Description
Currently we are seeking a Dental Treatment Coordinators to represent our group practice.
Your Responsibilities:
- Conduct patient consultations during exam appointments
- Calculate fees for treatment
- Coordinate patient financial arrangements
- Educate patients about the health risks of not receiving proper treatment
- Ensure completion of the cycle from the clinical diagnosis to a patient on the schedule, who has made a clear agreement to pay for treatment
- Schedule appointments
Qualifications
You should have these essential characteristics:
- Dental knowledge, and more importantly, an understanding of the dental philosophy of the dentist.
- Excellent communication skills, poise, professional appearance, and a special ability to “get a kick” out of having patients accept treatment without being pushy.
- Organized, systematic, and good follow-through.
- Knowledge of dental insurances (HMO/PPO/Denti-Cal), to help patients use and understand their benefits.
- Self-confidence to be able to ask a patient to enroll in a treatment plan and ask for the patient to commit to a payment arrangement.
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm for the positive effect good dentistry has on the patient.
- Ability to think on his or her feet, on the fly, and with little preparation.
West Coast Dental offers competitive benefit package designed to enhance the lives of our employees. Employees are eligible for benefits based on their full time status and number of work hours per week.
What we offer:
- Room for growth
- Job stability
- Family oriented work environment
- Sick pay
- Holiday pay
- Vacation pay
- Medical insurance coverage with Kaiser (including prescriptions)
- Supplemental vision insurance
- Comprehensive dental benefit
- Voluntary supplemental insurance for life, disability, critical illness and accident
- 401 (k) plan
If you have the requirements that we need and you like what we offer, then we want to hear from you. Come and join a friendly and inspiring professional work environment where you will be proud to work in.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.