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Love Dental
Front Desk with Dental Experience
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What they do
A Medical Secretary provides secretarial work that requires specialized knowledge of medical terminology and procedures, insurance and billing processes and medical records management. Works with physicians and other clinicians. May gather intake information from patients scheduled for appointments at an office.
$41,283 / year median in Arizona
+12% projected growth
Job Description
Front Desk with Dental Experience Love Dental - 3.8 Avondale, AZ Job Details Part-time | Full-time $20 - $25 an hour 1 day ago Benefits Paid holidays Dental insurance Paid time off Uniform allowance Employee discount Opportunities for advancement Flexible schedule Qualifications In-person patient registration Customer communication Dental receptionist Attention to detail Organizational skills Full Job Description The front desk isn't the desk in front. It's the first voice a nervous patient hears, the last face they see, and the single biggest reason they come back — or don't. We're adding to our front desk team as we grow into a two-doctor schedule. This isn't a "check them in, hand them a clipboard" job. The person in this seat protects the schedule , owns the patient relationship , and directly shapes whether someone accepts the care they actually need. If that sounds like pressure, it is. If it sounds like the most interesting job in the office, keep reading. What "Love Dental" Actually Means "Love" isn't decoration on the sign out front. It's the standard we hold ourselves to every single day: Love our patients — we have empathy for every person who walks in, and we do everything in our control to make their visit something they'd actually recommend to a friend. Love our coworkers — we look out for each other, jump in before we're asked, and communicate with compassion. No negative talk, no leaving teammates hanging. Love our work — we do things the right way for the right reasons, and we're never "stuck" doing it a certain way just because it's comfortable. Better way? We find it. We'll a small privately owned office, we can do whatever we want whenever we want as long as its the right way. No stuck waiting for corporate approvals. Love ourselves enough to bring our best version to work — positive attitude, YES WE CAN energy, personal stress left at the door. Love our growth — we improve 1% every day. We read, we learn, we apply, and we don't repeat the same mistakes. We look forward, not backward. We always want to get better. Love our adaptability — new systems, new challenges, tasks outside the job description? We adapt and figure it out instead of throwing our hands up. If you read that and thought "that's how I already work" — we should talk. What You'll Own The schedule — this is the heart of the job. A full schedule doesn't happen by itself, and it doesn't happen by luck. It happens because someone cares enough to work the problem. When there's an opening, you go get it filled — the ASAP list, unscheduled treatment, family members who are due, recall, text, email, the phone. Some days that's easy. The days it isn't are the ones we'll remember you for, and you won't be doing it alone. You'll be provided the resources, its up to you to maximize them. The first impression. Greeting, phones, and check-in done in a way that makes an anxious patient exhale. For a lot of people, walking into a dental office is the hardest part of their week. You're the reason it gets easier. Pre-appointing and recall. Every patient leaves with their next visit on the books, and the ones who drift away get a call from someone who noticed. That's you. It's a big part of how patients here become patients for years. Financial conversations. Presenting treatment plans clearly, verifying insurance, and explaining benefits in plain English so nobody feels lost or embarrassed. Money talk doesn't have to be awkward when it's done with care. Follow-through. Unscheduled treatment, calls to return, forms to chase down. You're the person who remembers, so patients don't fall through the cracks. Setting up the next person to succeed. We leave things better than we found them here — for the next shift, for the assistants, for whoever picks it up after us. What You Bring Resourcefulness. When there's a hole in the schedule, you're the kind of person who starts working it with whatever's in front of you rather than waiting to be told. If we had to name the one thing that makes someone great in this seat, it's this. Front desk experience in a dental office. Open Dental experience is a big plus — and if you've run a different system well, we'll happily teach you ours. We chose Open Dental because its the easiest and most intuitive dental software out there. Comfort talking about money — clearly, warmly, and without apologizing for the value of good care. Patients relax when the person explaining it is relaxed. A working knowledge of dental insurance, benefits, and verification — or a real appetite to learn it quickly. We'll help. A growth mindset. "I don't know that yet, but I want to learn" is one of our favorite sentences around here. We don't mind mistakes, as long as we're learning from them. We are always looking forward to how we can do it better, instead of looking back at why we didn't do it so well before. Genuine warmth , on the phone and in person. Patients can hear a smile, and ours notice. Organization when it gets busy. Three things happening at once and nothing gets dropped — and when something does, you say so and fix it. An understanding of people. Most of what happens at the front desk is human, not administrative.