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Dental Assistant (EDDA required) - Pediatric Dentistry
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Little Bee Pediatric Dentistry
Hammond, LA (In Person)
$39,520 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
Little Bee Pediatric Dentistry is a pediatric dental office committed to providing compassionate, high-level dental care to our patients and families. We want to create a warm, welcoming environment where children will feel comfortable and have fun! We seek to provide a tailored approach to meet each child's needs, often thinking creatively to provide positive outcomes for our patients and their families. We are searching for someone who is compassionate, dedicated, patient, and enjoys working with children. The ideal candidate must be detail-oriented, have excellent communication skills, and be a strong team player.
Responsibilities:
- Sterilizing instruments, preparing treatment rooms
- Taking radiographs, coronal polishing, fluoride application, placing sealants
- Educating patients and families about oral hygiene, home care, and nutritional counseling
- Managing patient comfort
- Fitting bands, taking impressions
- Assisting the doctor chairside with in-office dental procedures, oral sedation, and hospital dentistry
- Traveling to Manning Children's Hospital in New Orleans for surgery cases (1-2x/month)
Requirements:
- Louisiana State Board of Dentistry EDDA certification
- X-ray certification
- CPR/BLS
- Minimum 1 year of dental assisting experience
- Knowledge of pediatric dental procedures, instruments, terminology
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Cooperative, team-oriented mindset
- Enjoy working with children and making them feel comfortable
- Building positive relationships with the families of our practice
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multitask effectively
- Able to work full time. Our schedule is 4 days a week, alternating Monday-Thursday and Tuesday-Friday
- Bilingual English/Spanish speaking would be a strong asset for the position
Benefits:
- Pay range: $18-20/hr
- Uniform allowance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Health Insurance, 50% employer coverage
- Retirement plan with 3% employer match
- Profit-sharing bonus
Job Type:
Full-time Pay:
$18.00- $20.