Dental Assistant

Job Advert Summary

Our client, one of the leading private healthcare providers, is looking for Dental Assistants to work locum shiftsat private dental facilities in Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape province.

You will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms, and some dental hygiene tasks. To do well in this role you should have a dental x-ray certification and provide a great level of patient care.

Minimum Requirements

• Valid registration with HPCSA as a Dental Assistant
• Certification or associate degree in an accredited dental assisting program
• Dental x-ray certification
• Grade12
• Completion of Dental Hygiene Program
• Experience using computers for a variety of tasks
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Consistently professional appearance and attitude
• Excellent patient care skills

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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 excellent 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