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Dental clinical assistant

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Français
  • Heures de travail: 32 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Specialty dental practice

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
  • Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

  • Medical and biomedical equipment and systems

Area of specialization

  • Orthodontics

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Judgement
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Reliability

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

  • Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Free parking available