Dental Assistant - Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - MHR
Description
Job Advert Summary:
Our client, one of the leading private healthcare providers, is looking for
Dental Assistants to work
locum shifts
at private dental facilities in Pietermaritzburg
in KwaZulu-Natal** province.
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 xray certification
- Grade1
- 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 xrays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental xray 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
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