Dental Assistant

The Dental Assistant will be responsible for routine nonprofessional work rendering general assistance to the Dentist at the Arima Private Hospital (APH).

Key Responsibilities:

• Assembles gauze packs and cotton swabs.
• Assists Dentist during the surgical and non-surgical treatment of patients.
• Checks stock, maintains stock cards and prepares stock requisition as required.
• Cleans and sterilizes instruments and prepares clinic for use by Dentist.
• Carry out Customer Service Representative duties including but not limited to maintaining records on patient dental and medical history.
• Comforts / counsels patients before and during dental procedures and assist with post-extraction instructions.
• Maintains patient appointment records for Dentist.
• Performs blood pressure and other testing on patients as required.
• Performs charting of patients’ teeth and maintains a record of patients’ dental charts.
• Prepares reports and returns pertaining to output of work.
• Advises patients on brushing and flossing of teeth techniques.
• Reports malfunction of equipment to the Dentist.
• Takes and develops dental radiographs.
• Perform any other related duties as required by the job function.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Capable of writing reports and keeping accurate patient records.
• Capable of rendering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid. 
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of dental anatomy, sterilization and dental instruments.
• Knowledge of the administration of oral hygiene.
• Ability to assimilate in-service training provided by the Dentist.  
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other employees and the public.

Minimum Training and Experience:

• Certificate in Dental Surgery Assistant from an accredited Dental School.
• Five (5) ‘O’Levels subjects inclusive of Mathematics and English A.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience in the field.