Overview: Join our team at Loving Family Dental - a compassionate and patient-centered dental practice in Fountain Hills, AZ! We are dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards and delivering continued excellence in patient care. Our focus on our patients' well-being creates a warm and nurturing environment, making us a truly unique dental facility. We are currently seeking a well-rounded Sterile Technician/Hygiene Assistant to become an essential part of our devoted team. If you want to be part of what makes us stand out, apply today! Position Summary The Sterile Technician/Hygiene Assistant should reflect professionalism and is a role model of quality and appearance. This person is also patient service oriented, a team player, and constantly strives to improve in all areas. Benefits of our office PTO Paid holidays 401k Medical, vision, and dental plans Responsibilities Appointments and Daily Schedule Keep 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 treatment room upon their arrival For patients on the doctors 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 Offer assistance to the front office during downtime Any other task as assigned Clinical responsibilities 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 manufacturers 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 Learning responsibilities Education courses on infection control Start learning dental terminology and instruments Patient/customer communication protocol Central sterilization and treatment room sanitation protocol INDHRDA03
Salary: $42.7K - $54.1K a year
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