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Dental assistant

  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

  • Dental practice

Tasks

  • Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
  • Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Ensure proper functioning of equipment
  • Greet customers
  • Operate computerized scanning machines
  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
  • Print in 3D
  • Assist physicians in the assessment of patients

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Large workload

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site recreation and activities
  • Other benefits
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: French
  • Hours: 35 hours per week