Loving Family Dental is seeking a Sterilization/Hygiene Assistant to join our team in Fountain Hills, AZ! Our office is committed to continuous and patient-oriented excellence and quality improvement. We believe in developing and continually improving a strong team culture with a team-centered work environment that benefits all team members and patients. Because of our commitment to our patients, all positions within Loving Family Dental require that the team member arrive promptly on time; however, it also requires that the team member be flexible in leaving to accommodate occasional delays in the daily patient schedule, staff meetings, and other responsibilities deemed necessary. 

The Sterilization/Hygiene Assistant should reflect professionalism and be a role model of quality and appearance. This person is also patient-service and team-oriented. She/he constantly strives to improve in all areas. This candidate should also be Arizona Radiation certified. If this sounds like you, submit your application today!

Schedule

• Full-time
• Monday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
• Tuesday - Thursday, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
• Friday, 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) options
• Referral Bonus Program
• Free CE courses

Responsibilities

• Appointments and Daily Schedule
  • Keep the Front Office informed of Back Office appointment changes
  • Actively monitor and communicate with hygienists and assistants to determine:
    • If their room is ready for patients to be seated directly in the treatment room upon their arrival
    • For patients on the doctor's schedule, check with the assistants to identify which room they want their next patient to be seated
• Administrative responsibilities
  • Participate in the Morning Huddle and Team meetings
  • Assist the front office during downtime
  • Any other task as assigned

Clinical responsibilities

• Takes quality radiographs
• Comply with OSHA and use universal precautions at all times. Shares in the implementation of all safety, sterilization, and infection control requirements
• Monitors Central sterilization and sterilizes all dental equipment and instruments in a timely fashion
• Help maintain dental equipment per the manufacturer's recommendations
• Properly dispose of all biohazardous material
• Help as needed to properly clean treatment rooms as needed, transporting dirty instruments to the sterilization area for processing
• Provide customer service support to patients by escorting them to and from the treatment room as needed
• Prepare hygiene rooms, including, but not limited to, set-up, decontamination, sterilization of all instruments, cleaning handpieces, and restocking supplies
• Assist the hygienist with new patient charting and routine periodontal charting
• Help dental assistants, doctors, and front desk staff when necessary
• Restock treatment rooms as needed
• Any other task as assigned

Patient Satisfaction

• Greet and seat patients in a timely manner
• Provide comfortable treatment procedures
• Ability to create a positive rapport with each patient
• Have good communication skills. Speaks clearly and distinctly with patients, doctors, and other team members
• Ability to stay on time. Plans beyond the immediate requirements of the task at hand. Has the ability to anticipate what needs to happen next

Learning responsibilities

• Education courses on infection control
• Start learning dental terminology and instruments
• Patient/customer communication protocol
• Central sterilization and treatment room sanitation protocol
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