Dental Assistant

2 weeks ago

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa MHR Full time

**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.

You will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms, and some dental hygiene tasks. 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 x-ray certification
- Grade12
- 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 x-rays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental x-ray 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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