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The Dental Assistant is responsible to assist the Dentists in various capacities ranging from clinical assistance, dental-related administration as well as patient interaction across a wide spectrum.
Key work output and accountabilities
Appointment scheduling
- Schedule appointments with Specialists and/or Theatre
- Confirm appointments with the Dentist
- Keep a record of confirmation/cancellations
- Liaise with medical schemes and patients regarding available limits and patient liable amounts pertaining to treatment
Equipment maintenance
- Sterilise all instruments, according to protocol, ensuring infection control standards are maintained
- Oil and clean handpieces 3x daily, according to protocol
- Oil and clean electric handpieces after each patient
- Fill, empty and clean developer and mixer bottles
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- Ensure chemistry is discarded as per Medical Waste Protocol
- Clean and autoclave instruments
- Ensure daily cleaning of the autoclave
- Load and unload autoclave
- Clean and reprocess equipment or instrumentation
- Identify problems with equipment/instruments and advise the applicable person to arrange for timeous repairs/acquisition thereof
Central assistance
- Assist the Dentist with passing correct instruments and materials/consumables used on patients on request timeously and accurately
- Develop X-rays, if not using digital X-rays and load X-ray Digital Imaging plates for scanning where applicable
- Mix materials with a spatula as required
- Conduct suctioning as required
- Ensure materials and supplies are packed and accessible
- Ensure and plan enough stock on hand in terms of materials/consumables to prevent shortages
- Mix amalgam and/or mixable composites/cement etc. and place in the transfer tool/s to be handed to dentist
- Prepare sterile trays; ensuring instruments have undergone sterilisation
- Prepare non-sterile trays
Customer Focus and Service Delivery
- Ensure effective and formal communication
- Ensure a professional environment at all times
- Interact with patients in a friendly and comforting manner whilst preparing them for the dentist (i.e. placing bib, seating etc.) and with the exiting process out of the surgery after the procedure/s have been completed
Skills profile
Education
- Grade 12 or equivalent NQF 4 certificate
- Registered with HPCSA
- Higher Certificate in Dental Assisting essential
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Work experience
- 2 years’ experience in frontline reception in a clinic/hospital environment
- SAP experience
- ME + experience
Knowledge
- Knowledge of medical aids
- Computer literacy
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