Dental Assistant

SUMMARY:

POSITION INFO:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• All ordering, checking and maintaining of stock.
• Checking invoices against orders, approving and scanning of all invoices to Creditors for payment.
• Responsible for year-end stock count and pricing.
• Cleaning and sterilizing ahead of and after surgery.
• Collecting Patients from Reception and taking them through to examining rooms/surgery and making sure they are at ease and comfortable.
• Preparing Patients for surgery: checking blood pressure and supplying medicine.
• Preparing surgical instruments needed for surgery.
• General assistance to Dentist. 
• Preparing for surgery in hospital (Instruments and stock).
• Assisting with the appointment book.
• Assisting with answering the telephone and general smooth running of the Practice.
• Responsible for a clean and sterile surgery and examining rooms (supervising cleaning).
• Cleaning of suction pipes.
• Ensuring that all computers in surgery and examining rooms are up and running.
• Ensuring that the Scan/Pan machine is up and running.
• Making sure that all implants are available ahead of surgery.
• Ensuring that the dentures of the Patients are packed ahead of surgery and/or liaising with the Dentists to deliver the dentures a day before the procedure.
• Loading Patient’s scans on CD as and when necessary.
• Arranging disposal of medical waste.
• Arranging collection of specimens by Pathcare.

• Be willing to start early and work late as and when required.
• Office hours 8:00 until the last patient has left, Monday to Friday.
• Uniforms will be provided.