Dental Assistant Extern

Hero Practice Services is seeking Dental Assistant Externs to experience various facets of dental procedures completed in a pediatric office. Upon successful completion of externship hours, externs may be hired as a full-time dental assistant!

This position reports to the Operations Manager and is only open to students in an accredited dental assisting program.

This position will be at-will, meaning either the employer or the employee may terminate the employment at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.

Job Responsibilities

• Keep track of all externship hours and timesheets
• Record patient charting and the dentist’s notes in the digital patient chart,

as directed by the dentist

• Prepare and clean treatment rooms and instruments, monitor schedule for

efficiency, and educate patients on dental procedures

• Maintain a clean, sterile, and patient-centric working environment
• Maintain strict compliance with State, Federal, and other regulations, (e.g.,

OSHA, WC, Dental Board, HIPAA, ADA, DOL, employee handbook)

• Ensuring practice is clean and presentable to patients to include cleaning

restrooms, patient lobby, mopping, vacuuming, dusting etc

Job Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a dental assisting program
• Proven work experience (or the ability and desire to learn) in

customer/patient service

• Strong interpersonal skills and the desire for professional growth
• Be organized and possess a knowledge of dentistry

In addition to the job description, you will be asked to perform other duties that support the business and our mission.

Physical Requirements

This position requires full range of body motion. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand, bend, communicate verbally (both in person and by telephone), use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

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